Prefixing a commit

git-commit-prefixin.sh

#!/bin/sh

#
# Usage
# workOnIssue <issue-number>
#
# Sample
# workOnIssue issue-999
#
function workOnIssue() {

  PREFIX=$1;

  BOLD_WHITE="\e[1;37m"
  RESET_COLOR="\033[0m"

  if [ -n "$PREFIX" ]; then
    # Saving a commit message prefix
    # in the global .gitconfig.
    # It will be read by the hook to set the prefix
    # in front of the commit message.
    `git config --global prefix.commitMessage `"$PREFIX"`
    printf "\r\n${BOLD_WHITE}Prefixing enabled${RESET_COLOR}\r\n";
    printf "Make sure enabling the prepare-commit-msg hook\r\n"
    printf "in your repsitory: http://git.io/vITez\r\n\r\n"
  else
    # If no prefix is passed the prefix will be
    # removed from the global .gitconfig.
    `git config --global prefix.commitMessage ""`
    printf "\r\n${BOLD_WHITE}Prefixing disabled${RESET_COLOR}\r\n\r\n";
  fi

}

prepare-commit-msg.sh

#!/bin/sh

# setting up colors for console output
CYAN='\033[0;36m'
BOLD_CYAN='\033[1;36m'
RESET_COLOR='\033[0m'

COMMIT_PREFIX=`git config --global prefix.commitMessage`
COMMIT_MESSAGE=`cat "$1"`

# If an issue number exits it should be set
# before the commit message
if [ -n "$COMMIT_PREFIX" ]; then
  printf "\r\n${CYAN}Prefixing commit message with ${BOLD_CYAN}$COMMIT_PREFIX${RESET_COLOR}\r\n"
  echo "$COMMIT_PREFIX $COMMIT_MESSAGE" > "$1";
fi