What is a precommit hook?

Question

git

Hello.
What is a precommit hook? What is it for at all?
And what do these two concepts mean - pre-commit, pre-message hooks?
If possible, explain in simple terms.
Thank you.

Answer 1

precommit hook - perform some action before commit. Reading the documentation https://git-scm.com/book/en/v1/Configure-Git-Move...