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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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Quick install (get Gist, copy into .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg file & make it executable)

$ curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/madeindjs/a0fa5e44b030c7b972c18d5b573070d7/raw/4a3989da7eec9181340ad31a3eb3ce3cafc63314/prepare-commit-msg.sh > .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg && chmod u+x .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg

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