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docs: Create comprehensive hook development guide

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Beschreibung

Overview

Create a comprehensive guide for developing, testing, and contributing new pre-commit hooks to this repository.

Purpose

Provide clear documentation to help contributors:

  • Understand hook architecture and standards
  • Develop new hooks following best practices
  • Test hooks thoroughly
  • Submit quality contributions

Content Requirements

1. Hook Development Basics

  • What are pre-commit hooks?
  • Repository structure overview
  • Naming conventions
  • File organization

2. Writing Hooks

  • Shell script best practices
  • Error handling patterns
  • Input/output standards
  • Exit codes and their meanings
  • Dependency management

3. Security Guidelines

  • Input validation
  • Safe file operations
  • Avoiding command injection
  • Secret handling
  • Permission requirements

4. Testing Hooks

  • Using the bats framework
  • Writing effective tests
  • Mocking external commands
  • Coverage requirements
  • CI integration

5. Contributing Process

  • Fork and clone workflow
  • Branch naming conventions
  • Commit message format
  • PR requirements
  • Review process

6. Examples

  • Simple hook example
  • Complex hook with dependencies
  • Multi-file processing hook
  • Language-specific hook

7. Common Patterns

  • File filtering
  • Parallel processing
  • Progress reporting
  • Configuration handling
  • Cross-platform compatibility

8. Troubleshooting

  • Common errors
  • Debugging techniques
  • Performance optimization
  • Platform-specific issues

Deliverables

  • CONTRIBUTING.md enhancement
  • docs/HOOK_DEVELOPMENT.md guide
  • Example hook template
  • Test template
  • Quick reference card

Success Criteria

  • Clear, comprehensive documentation
  • Practical examples
  • Reduced barrier to contribution
  • Consistent hook quality
  • Faster PR reviews

Related

  • #26 - CI/CD implementation
  • #27 - Test coverage
  • Current CONTRIBUTING.md needs update

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