Configuration/Plugin to format java code in gitlab

Question

I am using gitlab to commit/synchronize my java code. I am my standard xml file to format maven java code. I have configured pre-commit hook which works perfectly ok. It formats the code and push it into github. But problem is, this pre-commit hook must be present in every other individual. I want to configure format plugin in my gitlab workspace, so that whomsoever push, the code will get formatted they don't have configured pre-commit hook. How can i do this?

Answer 1

You are probably looking for Custom server-side Git hooks.

A GitLab server administrator can add such a script file under the project’s repository directory in a new directory called custom_hooks.

See the above link for details.