git-conventional-commits VS desk

> https://direnv.net/ -- when you cd to a directory, do things like set variables.

Just use dotenv instead.

https://asdf-vm.com/ -- manage and use specific versions of software. Can work with direnv too!

May be useful in some cases, but adds a global dependency on asdf itself.

> https://pre-commit.com/ -- git hooks that I personally found easier to manage than Husky.

Git hooks are disturbing and slow down and/or break advanced git interactions.

> https://github.com/qoomon/git-conventional-commits -- enforce standard commit messages. Works with pre-commit!

Only if you want to be so pedantic about them. I find it mostly a waste of time to enforce commit message style.

After installation, it will generate a lefthook.yml file which can be customized to perform a static code analysis before committing the code. For example, it can ensure that the git commit follows the git-conventional-commits, and use Prettier, ESLint, and Stylelint to check, format, and fix any file which will be committed and run any test related with Vitest depending on the filetype and run each in parallel.

I'd like to offer https://github.com/jamesob/desk as an alternative to direnv. It's useful for also jumping to the project directory and doing other things like opening an editor.