Git commit-msg hook to validate for jira issue or the word merge

commit-msg.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# regex to validate in commit msg
commit_regex='^(ITD-[0-9]+ |Merge )'
error_msg="Aborting commit. Your commit message '$1' is missing either a JIRA Issue ('ITD-11111 ') or 'Merge '"

if ! grep -qE "$commit_regex" "$1"; then
    echo "$error_msg" >&2
    exit 1
fi

Instructions.md

Instructions

• copy the file commit-msg to .git/hooks/commit-msg
• make sure your delete the sample file .git/hooks/commit-msg.sample
• Make commit msg executable. chmod +x .git/hooks/commit-msg
• Edit commit-msg to better fit your development branch, commit regex and error message
• Profit $$

Shell example

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pgilad/5d7e4db725a906bd7aa7/raw/feba0ca462f87a382cfbc3eddfcc529ceb9b7350/commit-msg.sh > .git/hooks/commit-msg

rm .git/hooks/commit-msg.sample

chmod +x .git/hooks/commit-msg

vim .git/hooks/commit-msg

echo "Profit $$"