Python script to control the git commit message as git hook

commit-msg.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, os, re
from subprocess import check_output

# Collect the parameters
commit_msg_filepath = sys.argv[1]

# Figure out which branch we're on
branch = check_output(['git', 'symbolic-ref', '--short', 'HEAD']).strip()
print "commit-msg: On branch '%s'" % branch

# Check the commit message if we're on an issue branch
if branch.startswith('issue-'):
print "commit-msg: Oh hey, it's an issue branch."
result = re.match('issue-(.*)', branch)
issue_number = result.group(1)
required_message = "ISSUE-%s" % issue_number
with open(commit_msg_filepath, 'r') as f:
content = f.read()
if not content.startswith(required_message):
print "commit-msg: ERROR! The commit message must start with '%s'" % required_message
sys.exit(1)

# Check the commit message if we're on an feature branch
if branch.startswith('feature-'):
print "commit-msg: Oh hey, it's an feature branch."
result = re.match('feature-(.*)', branch)
feature_number = result.group(1)
required_message = "FEATURE-%s" % feature_number
with open(commit_msg_filepath, 'r') as f:
content = f.read()
if not content.startswith(required_message):
print "commit-msg: ERROR! The commit message must start with '%s'" % required_message
sys.exit(1)