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Save 10% on Every Git Commit by Migrating from Husky to Lefthook

DEV Community·Kelvyn Thai·28 days ago
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Recently, I migrated our project from Husky to Lefthook — and the difference was immediately noticeable. 🤔 Why Lefthook? A few key reasons: ⚡ Written in Go → extremely fast execution 🔀 Parallel execution → run tasks concurrently instead of sequentially 🧩 Simple & powerful config → less boilerplate, easier to maintain 🧠 Smarter workflow control → flexible hook-level optimization ⸻ ⏱️ Real impact (our case) Before (Husky) Pre-commit runs everything: lint type-check unit tests ⏳ ~17 seconds per commit After (Lefthook) pre-commit: only lint + prettier on staged files pre-push: type-check + unit tests 👉 Result: ⏱️ ~2s faster per commit (~10% improvement) 💡 Much smoother dev experience (less waiting, more flow) ⸻ 🧠 Key takeaway Don’t overload your pre-commit hook.…

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