Placing hooks configuration in .huskyrc, .huskyrc.json or .huskyrc.js file not working

[nidkil]

I have put the following husky configuration in a separate config file, but it is not picked up when I commit. I tried both .huskyrc and .huskyrc.json without luck.

{
  "husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "npm test && npm run lint:fix",
      "commit-msg": "commitlint -E HUSKY_GIT_PARAMS"
    }
  }
}

This is the output when I set HUSKY_DEBUG=true:

@ C:\dev\myrepos\vue-build-helper
$ set HUSKY_DEBUG=true

@ C:\dev\myrepos\vue-build-helper
$ echo %HUSKY_DEBUG%
true

@ C:\dev\myrepos\vue-build-helper
$ git commit -m "DELETE ME"
husky:debug pre-commit hook started...
husky:debug prepare-commit-msg hook started...
husky:debug commit-msg hook started...
husky:debug post-commit hook started...
[update_readme c357fcd] DELETE ME
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 rename .huskyrc.json => .huskyrc (59%)
 create mode 100644 commitlint.config.js
 create mode 100644 test-file

@ C:\dev\myrepos\vue-build-helper

When I put the configuration in the package.json file it works. This is the output:

$ git commit -m "DELETE ME"
husky:debug pre-commit hook started...
husky > pre-commit (node v10.9.0)

> vue-build-helper@0.0.5 test C:\dev\myrepos\vue-build-helper
> jest

PASS test/common/fs-helpers.spec.js
PASS test/commands/add-eslint-disable.cmd.spec.js
PASS test/commands/create-exports.cmd.spec.js

Test Suites: 3 passed, 3 total
Tests:       25 passed, 25 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        2.541s
Ran all test suites.

> vue-build-helper@0.0.5 lint:fix C:\dev\myrepos\vue-build-helper
> eslint -c .eslintrc.json --format codeframe --fix src test bin

husky:debug prepare-commit-msg hook started...
husky:debug commit-msg hook started...
husky > commit-msg (node v10.9.0)

⧗   input:
DELETE ME

✖   message may not be empty [subject-empty]
✖   type may not be empty [type-empty]
✖   found 2 problems, 0 warningshusky > commit-msg hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

I'm using husky version 1.2.0. It seems that it only checks the package.json file for the husky config and ignores .huskyrc and .huskyrc.json.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

[mwmcode]

Hi @nidkil did you try.huskyrc without the husky: {}?

{
  "hooks": {
    "pre-commit": "npm test"
  }
}

[nidkil]

O well, don't I feel stupid :-(

Yep, now it works. Thx for the quick respons!

[typicode]

Thanks @mustafawm, closing :)

[rkt2spc]

You're not alone @nidkil 🤣

[mwmcode]

It seems that defining husky in package.json is the convention now

{
  "husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "npm test",
      "pre-push": "npm test",
      "...": "..."
    }
  }
}

[shelbykauth]

I had the same error, super hard to debug. Finally figured it out:
I was trying to use huskyrc.json instead of .huskyrc

[MohammedALREAI]

inside the file .huskyrc
add this section put what you want
{ "hooks": { "pre-commit": "lint-staged " } }