Commit Message Hook

prepare-commit-msg.bash

#!/bin/sh
#
# Automatically adds branch name and branch description to every commit message.
#
if [ -z "$BRANCHES_TO_SKIP" ]; then
  BRANCHES_TO_SKIP=(master release-version)
fi

ALT_NAME=$(git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* //')i 
BRANCH_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)

if [ -z $BRANCH_NAME ]; then BRANCH_NAME=ALT_NAME; fi

#DESCRIPTION=$(git config branch."$NAME".description)

BRANCH_EXCLUDED=$(printf "%s\n" "${BRANCHES_TO_SKIP[@]}" | grep -c "^$BRANCH_NAME$")
echo "this is $(cat ${1})"

if ! [[ $BRANCH_EXCLUDED -eq 1 ]] && ! [[ $(cat "$1") == "[$BRANCH_NAME]"* ]] && ! [ -z "$BRANCH_NAME" ]; then
  echo "[$BRANCH_NAME]: $(cat "${1}")" > "$1"
fi