A pre-commit file that will update a datestamp on a file

pre-commit-vb-tag

#!/bin/sh
#
# Update a last commit date tag
#
# Finds the ""@Last commit date:"" tag and updates to current date
# Edited from: https://gist.github.com/johnjohndoe/4024222
d=`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`
# files=$(git diff-index --name-status --cached HEAD | grep -v ^D | cut -c3-)
# Retrieves the git diffs and filters out for the file name
files=$(git diff-index --name-status HEAD | grep -v ^D | cut -c3-)

# Check if file is empty or not
if [ "$files" != "" ]
then
  for f in $files
  do
    # This will only be performed on .vba and .vba files
		if [[ "$f" =~ [.](vb|vba)$ ]]
    then
      # This must match exactly
      # Will replace in line -- and will replace all text _after_ the tag, too
      sed -i "s/@Last commit date:.*$/@Last commit date: $d/g" $f
      git add $f
    fi
  done
fi

exit 0