Git hook to prevent merging staging branch into master branch

README.md

To use this hook:

• add the prepare-commit-msg file at .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg and edit as needed
• make it executable: chmod +x .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
• disable fast-forward merges: git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--no-ff"
• that's it!

NOTE: after a failed merge from a forbidden branch, the working tree will still be in a MERGING state. To discard the local working copy state, run: git reset --merge

prepare-commit-msg

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# This git hook will prevent merging specific branches into master
# Put this file in your local repo, in the .git/hooks folder
# and make sure it is executable.
# The name of the file *must* be "prepare-commit-msg" for Git to pick it up.

FORBIDDEN_BRANCHES = ["staging"]

def merge?
  ARGV[1] == "merge"
end

def into_master?
  current_branch = `git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* //'`.chop
  current_branch == "master"
end

def merge_msg
  @msg ||= `cat .git/MERGE_MSG`
end

def from_branch
  @from_branch = merge_msg.match(/Merge branch '(.*?)'/)[1]
end

def from_forbidden_branch?
  FORBIDDEN_BRANCHES.include?(from_branch)
end

if merge? && into_master? && from_forbidden_branch?
  out = `git reset --merge`
  puts
  puts " STOP THE PRESSES!"
  puts " You are trying to merge #{from_branch} into the *master* branch."
  puts " Surely you don't mean that?"
  puts
  puts " run the following command now to discard your working tree changes:"
  puts
  puts " git reset --merge"
  puts
  exit 1
end

Hello Mark,
inspired from your script, I'll change the regex on line 24. Perhaps you are interested in why.
My git log is:

$ git log|grep -i merge
    QA added post-merge
Merge: 057f1d6 9524480
    Merge remote-tracking branch 'integration/testHook' into hooks   <----------------------------------------------
Merge: b07a491 484fbc8
Merge: fe292ef 91b3669
    Merge branch 'master' of https://dev.contactcentre.istat.cheapguru.org/git
Merge: 11c7a4b 99cf90e
    Merge branch 'master' of ssh://head.inservibile.org/var/www/vhosts/istat/contactcentre

I don't know if git can give other attributes to the branch, so the regex will become something like /Merge .*?branch '(.*?)'/

Regards,
HUjuice

If you are interested, I wrote the same in Bash, as sayd.
My purpose was different: avoid merge from remote branches other than master to master, so the logic is a bit different.
https://gist.github.com/hujuice/9ff2fd4221e2135f946931dbb512bfc6#file-prepare-commit-msg
Note that I've found three types of MERGE_MSG.

What I hate and I cannot resolve is the suggestion provided by git at the end: git encourages to perform the commit.
Git says «Not committing merge; use 'git commit' to complete the merge.» as very last line. Git has the last world, grrr.
Do you have ideas about?

Moved to https://gist.github.com/hujuice/bddeffb378df37c17d93909180455ea0#file-prepare-commit-msg