If you turn on the ci check, it will look for and run a rake task called pre_commit:ci before each commit.
Example output:
$ git commit
pre-commit: your test suite has failed
for the full output run `pre_commit:ci`
You can bypass this check using `git commit -n`
$ git commit
pre-commit: skipping ci check. The `pre_commit:ci` task is not defined.
If you see a message like this, you need to define a rake task called pre_commit:ci.
If you're using test/unit you can point the pre_commit:ci task to run your test suite like this:
namespace :pre_commit do
task :ci => [:test]
end
Or you can define your own custom pre_commit:ci task. This could, for example, run a small test suite of core tests. This small test suite should run very quickly. Remember, you're going to be running this test before every commit.