You can install it on your host machine and then install the WordPress Coding Standards. See the instructions here. This will ensure that it will be run as part of the pre-commit
hook. In short:
git clone https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git phpcs git clone -b develop https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards.git wpcs cd phpcs ./scripts/phpcs --config-set installed_paths ../wpcs
And then add this ...phpcs/scripts
directory to your PATH
environment variable.
You should then see WordPress-VIP
listed when you run phpcs -i
. You should then select this standard in your IDE for checking your code with PHP_CodeSniffer. See PhpStorm instructions.