Needham, MA (PRWEB) July 01, 2013
Assembla announced the release of a new function that makes it possible for for unprecedented handle over repositories and source code management. Assemblas new server-side hook library provides developers and program administrators capabilities never ever prior to offered in a cloud-hosted service.

“We are very excited about bringing self-hosted repository capabilities to the cloud. With server-side hooks, the possibilities for managing repositories are actually limitless,” said Michael Chletsos, CTO, Assembla.

“Till now, server-side hooks have only been accessible for those who maintain their own repositories, which calls for hardware, infrastructure, and administration,” stated Adam Feber, Assemblas Director of Product Marketing.

Server-side hooks are scripts that run each ahead of and following content is pushed to the server. For example, if the “min length” server-side hook is installed, a user can set a minimum essential length for the commit message. If code is committed without a commit message of a certain minimum length, the code is rejected and not committed. This guarantees commit messages are correctly formatted. The advantages of server-side hooks extend to any tasks requiring automation that relies on external web hooks, which includes checking code for syntax. In short, it makes it straightforward to manage multiple contributions from a distributed team to a single repository and prevents commits that do not comply with coding standards.

“In addition to delivering a library of server-side hooks, Assembla permits customers to contribute their own hooks. If a hook is authorized, we will make them available for everybody to use,” stated Michael Chletsos. To kick off community involvement, Assembla is operating a contest exactly where users can submit their own hooks and win prizes for undertaking so. Find out a lot more about the server-side hooks contest.

Server-side hooks are presently obtainable in Assemblas Subversion and Git code repositories. For far more info about adding hooks as effectively as a description of certain functions, check out Assemblas weblog announcement for server-side hooks.

About Assembla
Assembla gives collaborative process and code management tools and services to accelerate cloud-based Agile development. Its mission is to create software program quicker with much less stress. More than 800,000 people in much more than 100 nations trust Assembla with their improvement projects. For more details, check out http://www.assembla.com.