Prevent direct commits on master branch in git repository and accept merges only?

Question

My git repository has two branches, \'master\' and \'dev\'.

Code committed to \'dev\' goes through an automated build process before it is tested. Code that passes this

Answer 1

npm install -D husky

npm i git-branch-is

configure it through package.json

    "husky": {
      "hooks": {
        "pre-commit": "git-branch-is -r \"^((?!master).)*$\""
    }
  }