diff --git a/.husky/pre-push b/.husky/pre-push
index c1bc945..55295ca 100644
--- a/.husky/pre-push
+++ b/.husky/pre-push
@@ -1,9 +1,53 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
+# this script is taken from Next.js repository.
+# https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/44d25717a0fe3ef8f0984bad554647b286cadd17/.husky/pre-push
+
+protected_branch='main'
+
+# github blocks password-based auth, but still usable via API token
+protected_remote_urls="\
+  git@github.com:kpverse/project-g.git
+  https://github.com/kpverse/project-g.git"
+
+
+# The pre-push hook [...] receives the name and location of the remote as parameters
+# https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks
 remote_name="$1"
-while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha; do
-    if [[ "$remote_ref" == "refs/heads/release" && "$remote_name" == "origin" ]]; then
-        echo "Pushing to the 'release' branch on remote 'origin' is restricted."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
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+remote_url="$2"
+
+
+# if we're pushing to a fork, we don't need to protect canary.
+# check if the remote is one of the protected ones.
+is_remote_protected=0
+for protected_remote_url in $protected_remote_urls; do
+  if [ "$remote_url" = "$protected_remote_url" ]; then
+    is_remote_protected=1
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ "$is_remote_protected" = 0 ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+
+# check if the push is targeting 'main' on the remote
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/44156933
+push_targets_protected_branch=0
+protected_ref="refs/heads/$protected_branch"
+while read -r _local_ref _local_sha remote_ref _remote_sha; do
+  if [ "$remote_ref" = "$protected_ref" ]; then
+    push_targets_protected_branch=1
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ "$push_targets_protected_branch" = "1" ]; then
+  echo "You probably didn't intend to push directly to '$protected_branch' on '$remote_name' ($remote_url)." >&2
+  echo "If you're sure that that's what you want to do, bypass this check via" >&2
+  echo "" >&2
+  echo "  git push --no-verify" >&2
+  echo "" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
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