New to Lefthook—Need Some Clarity

[brasillero]

New to Lefthook—Need Some Clarity

I’m new here... well, I somehow fell into the rabbit hole of conventional commits, as you probably have too.

But my main point is: What exactly is Lefthook?

I found it described as a "Husky alternative written in Go", and, well, you know—the faster, the better (parallel scripts and all that).

The Beginning

Following the NPM installation guide, I did the following:

# https://lefthook.dev/installation/node.html
npm install lefthook --save-dev

# https://lefthook.dev/examples/commitlint.html#install-dependencies
npm i -D @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional

# Followed all the setup instructions from here: https://lefthook.dev/examples/commitlint.html

Then I tried the good old git commit, and... nothing happened.

The Confusion

From what I understood, it was supposed to just work, but that seemed too easy. So, I dug into the documentation and found this:
🔗 [Lefthook Commands](https://lefthook.dev/usage/commands.html)

After running:

npx lefthook install

...a .husky folder and files appeared!

At this point, I realized—I don’t actually know what Lefthook is.

What I Need Help With

If anyone has the time, here’s my setup:

• I have a component library
• I want to use Lefthook instead of Husky (if that makes sense)
• I want to automatically update the package version based on conventional commits

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! 🚀

[mrexox]

Hey! Lefthook requires the configuration, it doesn't provide the default one, so you have to do it yourself. There is a guide for commitlint: https://lefthook.dev/examples/commitlint.html.

What lefthook does: it runs a specific command (or script) when git runs a hook. In more details lefthook adds a special script to .git/hooks/ folder, so git automatically calls lefthook, and lefthook runs the commands defined in lefthook.yml. I hope that this helps, but if you have any questions regarding configuration, I'll be glad to help.

[brasillero]

Thanks for your time and explanation! Due to deadlines, I’ve put it on hold for now. When I have time, I’ll dig in even more and will certainly ask questions.

By the way, I managed to do the semver updates, conventional commits, and changelog using Husky. Soon, I’ll try doing it with Lefthook.

I really appreciate the help you’ve provided so far!