Get current ticket from branch name and return with commit message in ZSH

.zshrc

function doCommit() {
    local branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null | awk 'BEGIN{FS="/"} {print $NF}')
    local ticket=""
    if [[ $branch != "" ]];
    then
        local parts=(${(@s[-])branch})
        local part1=$parts[1]
        local part2=$parts[2]
        ticket="$part1-$part2"
    fi
    if [[ $ticket == "" ]];
    then
        echo "Unable to get ticket number.\nWhen getting the original branch, received: $branch"
    else
        if (( $# != 0 ));
        then
            git commit -m "$ticket: $1"
        else
            echo -n "Commit Message: "
            read msg
            if [[ $msg != "" ]];
            then
                git commit -m "$ticket: $msg"
            else 
                echo "you have to type something... not commiting anything, try again"
            fi
        fi
    fi
}

usage.md

Usage in Terminal

doCommit "my commit message"

or

doCommit

and enter the message after the prompt

Note:

• Assumes you format your branches after your ticket numbers

Example

• Ticket: PROJECT-123
• Branch: PROJECT-123-HEY-NOW
• Your Text: Changed the color of everything to red
• Commit Message Generated: PROJECT-123: Changed the color of everything to red