This is a Git pre-commit script to automatically add a MySQL database backup in the commit

git-pre-commit

#!/bin/sh
echo "#############################################################################"
echo "#                           Git Pre-Commit hook                             #"
echo "# This is a pre-commit Git hook to update a WordPress deployment            #"
echo "#         Created by Wesley Gonçalves <[email protected]>             #"
echo "#  https://gist.github.com/WesleyGoncalves/fc9657bf77bf8162ba84a4d47dfed0a6 #"
echo "#  version: 1.0.0                                                           #"
echo "#############################################################################" 

ROOT=.

echo "#############################################################################"
echo "###   Export the database and include the SQL file in the commit 		     ####"
echo "#############################################################################"
MYSQLDUMP=mysqldump
DB_TEMP_FILENAME=db.sql.temp
DB_FILENAME=db.sql
DB_LOGIN_PATH=<login-path-name>  # set with this command:  mysql_config_editor set --login-path=<login-path-name> --host=<localhost> --user=<username> --password
DB_USER=<db-user>
DB_NAME=<db-name>

echo "Type the DB Password below:";

# Save backup into temp file
if $MYSQLDUMP --login-path=$DB_LOGIN_PATH -u $DB_USER $DB_NAME > $ROOT/$DB_TEMP_FILENAME
then
	echo "> Replacing DB files..."
	rm -rf $ROOT/$DB_FILENAME
	mv $ROOT/$DB_TEMP_FILENAME $ROOT/$DB_FILENAME

	git add $ROOT/$DB_FILENAME
else
	echo "> ERROR Error backing up"
	echo "> You should run this script from a machine that has access to the website database"
	echo "> If you want to prevent the database backup run  `git commit --no-verify`  or  `git commit -n`"
	rm -rf $ROOT/$DB_TEMP_FILENAME

	exit 1
fi

exit 0

1. Download this file to the Git Hooks folder using this command curl -o ./.git/hooks/pre-commit https://gist.githubusercontent.com/WesleyGoncalves/fc9657bf77bf8162ba84a4d47dfed0a6/raw/git-pre-commit
2. Give execute permissions to the file: chmod +x ./.git/hooks/pre-commit
3. To avoid typing the database password in every commit or storing the raw password in this file which both can cause critical security issues, this script uses MySQL login path. It is easily set up with this command: mysql_config_editor set --login-path=<login-path-name> --host=<localhost> --user=<username> --password
   1. Alternatively, you can remove --login-path=$DB_LOGIN_PATH from every mysqldump command in this script - you'll be requested the db password in every commit
4. Edit the DB credentials in the pre-commit file (nano .git/hooks/pre-commit): DB_LOGIN_PATH, DB_NAME, DB_USER.
5. Done 👍