Add Skip Git Hooks As Needed as a Git TIL

README.md

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 - [Show What Is In A Stash](git/show-what-is-in-a-stash.md)
 - [Single Key Presses in Interactive Mode](git/single-key-presses-in-interactive-mode.md)
 - [Skip A Bad Commit When Bisecting](git/skip-a-bad-commit-when-bisecting.md)
+- [Skip Git Hooks As Needed](git/skip-git-hooks-as-needed.md)
 - [Skip Pre-Commit Hooks](git/skip-pre-commit-hooks.md)
 - [Staging Changes Within Vim](git/staging-changes-within-vim.md)
 - [Staging Stashes Interactively](git/staging-stashes-interactively.md)

git/skip-git-hooks-as-needed.md

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+# Skip Git Hooks As Needed
+
+Projects have Git hooks configured for all sorts of reasons. Most common are
+`pre-commit` hooks which verify certain aspects of the contents of a commit.
+A `pre-commit` hook could check that the tests all pass, that the changes don't
+include any debugging statements, and so forth. There are all kinds of hooks
+though, like `pre-rebase` and `post-checkout`.
+
+These hooks can sometimes get in the way and we may need to skip or disable them
+on a one-off basis.
+
+Several Git commands offer a `--no-verify` flag which can skip running the hook
+associated with that command.
+
+- `git commit --no-verify` (skips `pre-commit` and `commit-msg` hooks)
+- `git push --no-verify` (skips `pre-push` hook)
+- `git merge --no-verify` (skips `pre-merge-commit` hook)
+- `git am --no-verify` (skips `applypatch-msg` and `pre-applypatch` hooks)
+
+If you look in the `.git/hooks` directory, there are several other hooks not
+covered by the above. So, what if I am doing an action like `git checkout` and I
+want to skip the `post-checkout` hook?
+
+I can override the `hooksPath` config for that one command with the `-c` flag.
+
+```sh
+$ git -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null checkout ...
+```
+
+By setting it to `/dev/null`, it will find *no* hooks available, so none will be
+executed for this command.
+
+See `man git-config` for more details on `core.hooksPath`.