Run hook only if specific files has changed

Hi, folks! On GitLab, we have a feature that runs a ci/cd job only if certain files changed. For example:

validate_config:
  stage: build
  script:
    - make validate_config
  only:
    refs:
      - master
    changes:
      - config.toml

I want to execute this verification whenever the developer makes a commit changing this file. Do we have a feature similar to this inside pre-commit? I couldn’t find it on the docs.

For now, the pre commit is running a make rule that checks (with git diff) if the file has changed before running the script.

If we don’t have this feature, I would like to work on this if you all agree that is a nice to have feature.

[asottile]

please don’t skip the issue template in the future, it helps guide the discussion and gives me information about what you’ve tried and what you’re trying to achieve and what isn’t working

I think you’ll find if you just try it or read any of the documentation you’ll have your answer pretty quickly

while I can give you a straightforward answer, that really doesn’t scale and that’s why we have documentation – please read that first and if you’re still stuck please show what you’ve tried and then I can help you

[asottile]

try filling out the issue template, I can’t see your screen to understand where you’re going wrong