Workaround for 'entire' AI Coding Tool Conflict with Husky (v5+)

Recently, the AI agent coding support tool entireio/cli (entire) has been attracting attention.

However, when I tried to introduce it to an existing project, I encountered a problem where entire's hooks did not work properly in an environment where husky was already installed.

In this article, I will explain the technical background of why this conflict occurs and show a valid workaround as of the current time (February 2026).

What is Entire?

Entire is a CLI tool for recording coding sessions by AI agents and synchronizing them with Git history. Its main purpose is to persist not just the AI-generated code itself, but also the context—"what prompts (instructions) were used and what changes were made"—by linking them to Git commits.

Normally, when you have an AI agent write code, the only thing left in the Git repository is the "generated code." Even if you look back at the history later, the reasons and intentions of "why this implementation was chosen" or the context of "how this code change came about" are lost. This makes it difficult to establish a policy for fixes if bugs occur in the future, and can lead to team members accidentally refactoring code without understanding its intent.

By introducing Entire, prompts and conversation logs are linked to the Git history as checkpoints.

This allows the reasons for code changes and instructions to the AI to be persisted, making sharing within the team and future reviews easier.

Recorded sessions can be viewed on the entire.io web viewer.

To automate this synchronization between "code changes" and "conversation logs," Entire uses a mechanism called Git Hooks to intervene during commits and pushes.

What Happened?

Even after installing entire and running the setup command, the expected intervention from entire (such as recording session logs or creating checkpoints) did not occur during commits.

Upon investigation, it turned out to be a phenomenon specific to repositories using husky (v5 or later, including v9).

Technical Cause: core.hooksPath Conflict

The root cause lies in the fact that husky and entire have different approaches to the reference location for Git hooks.

1. Conventional Git Hooks and entire's Approach

Git has a mechanism called "hooks" that executes scripts at the timing of specific events (such as commits or pushes). By default, the specification is that shell scripts placed in the .git/hooks/ directory within the repository are executed.

entire uses this standard directory as the location for hooks.
During entire enable, it attempts to intervene in the commit process by directly placing or rewriting files such as .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.

2. core.hooksPath and husky's Approach

On the other hand, there is a setting in Git called core.hooksPath that allows you to specify a directory other than .git/hooks/ as the source for loading hooks.
The hook management tool husky (v5 and later) adopts an architecture that actively utilizes this setting.

When you run husky install, a setting like the following is added to .git/config.

[core]
 hooksPath = .husky/_

3. Why Do They Conflict?

This is the heart of the problem.

According to Git's specifications, if core.hooksPath is set, the default .git/hooks/ directory is completely ignored.

In other words, in a repository where husky is installed, the "legitimate location for hooks" has moved to the .husky/ directory. However, entire places its scripts in the .git/hooks/ directory without realizing this.

As a result, the commit is completed without the entire checkpoint recording process expected by the user ever being called.

Current Status and Issues

This issue is recognized in the entire repository, and the following issues have been opened:

• Issue #228: entire enable hooks ignored when core.hooksPath is overridden (Husky)
• Issue #261: entire overrides all user set git hooks

entire is still a relatively new tool, and while it maintains compatibility with older methods (directly writing to .git/hooks) used before Husky v4, it does not yet seem to support modern configurations that utilize core.hooksPath.

Workaround: Calling Entire from Husky

While a fundamental fix is needed on the entire side, it is currently possible to circumvent this problem (as of version 0.4.3). In my codebase, I have successfully enabled them to coexist by manually invoking the entire hook scripts from the existing Husky configuration files.

Steps

1. Install and enable (enable) entire as usual.
2. Verify that the scripts for entire have been output to the .git/hooks/ directory.
3. Create a common script named .husky/chain-legacy.sh and grant it execution permissions.

Content of .husky/chain-legacy.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# Chain legacy git hooks (e.g. for 'entire' CLI)
hook_name=$(basename -- "$0")
git_hook=".git/hooks/$hook_name"

if [ -f "$git_hook" ]; then
  . "$git_hook" "$@"
fi

4. Configure each hook in .husky/ (pre-commit, commit-msg, prepare-commit-msg, pre-push, post-commit) to call this script.

Configuration Example: .husky/pre-commit

npx lint-staged

# --- Chain entire's hook ---
. "$(dirname -- "$0")/chain-legacy.sh"
# ---------------------------

By setting it up this way, you can centralize the logic and ensure that entire operates correctly across all hooks.

Addendum (2026-02-17): There is another issue in the Claude Code (Web) environment

While the workaround above resolves the conflict with Husky, there is another reason why Entire's checkpoint feature does not work in the Claude Code Web environment (sessions launched from claude.ai/code).

Branch Name Restrictions via Local Proxy

In the Claude Code Web environment, Git's origin is configured via a local proxy.

origin  http://local_proxy@127.0.0.1:XXXXX/git/<owner>/<repo> (push)

This proxy has security restrictions where only pushes to branches starting with the claude/ prefix are allowed. A dedicated branch like claude/<task>-<session-id> is assigned per session, and pushes to any other branches are rejected with an HTTP 403 error.

Entire attempts to push checkpoint data to branches like entire/checkpoints/..., so it gets caught in this proxy filter, and the push always fails.

Difference from the Husky Conflict

This problem is different in nature from the Husky conflict.

• Husky Conflict: Issue with the hook reference location → The hook does not fire
• Claude Code push restriction: Proxy branch name filter → Even if the hook fires, the push is blocked

In other words, even if you resolve the Husky conflict with the workaround, Entire's remote synchronization will not function in the Claude Code Web environment.

Current Status

Since the gh CLI is also not authenticated, pushing through an alternative route is not possible either. Resolution would require one of the following:

• Entire side: Make the checkpoint branch prefix customizable
• Claude Code side: Add the entire/ prefix branches to the allowlist

Those considering introducing Entire in the Claude Code Web environment should be aware of this constraint.

Summary

• entire fixes the hook generation destination to .git/hooks, so it is ignored in husky v5+ environments that use core.hooksPath.
• Git is designed to ignore the standard hooks directory once hooksPath is set.
• Currently, this can be bypassed by explicitly sourcing .git/hooks/xxx from the Husky side.

When introducing a new tool, it is advisable to check its compatibility with the existing Git ecosystem (especially hook management tools like Husky or Lefthook) and prepare a "glue" script like this if necessary.