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How to automatically prepend git commit with a branch name
#!/bin/bash
# This way you can customize which branches should be skipped when
# prepending commit message.
if [ -z "$BRANCHES_TO_SKIP" ]; then
BRANCHES_TO_SKIP=(master develop test)
fi
BRANCH_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
BRANCH_NAME="${BRANCH_NAME##*/}"
BRANCH_EXCLUDED=$(printf "%s\n" "${BRANCHES_TO_SKIP[@]}" | grep -c "^$BRANCH_NAME$")
BRANCH_IN_COMMIT=$(grep -c "\[$BRANCH_NAME\]" $1)
if [ -n "$BRANCH_NAME" ] && ! [[ $BRANCH_EXCLUDED -eq 1 ]] && ! [[ $BRANCH_IN_COMMIT -ge 1 ]]; then
sed -i.bak -e "1s/^/[$BRANCH_NAME] /" $1
fi
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Would it be possible to use sed to replace a variable of a commit.template instead of adding at the beginning/end of the commit message?

E.g:

Description:

Ticket: $BRANCH_NAME

@samarnayak
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bartoszmajsak

Do you have a script that will work on windows machines?

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@samarnayak where do you want to run it? Under Powershell?

Alternatively, under WSL or (even) Cygwin things should work fine. But I have to admit I haven't tried it myself.

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