git commit hook : file : commit-msg

.git_hooks_commit-msg

#!/bin/sh
#
# Automatically adds branch name and branch description to every commit message.
# For eg : branch name : puneet/CHOW-142412-this-works    
# will result into commit message : "CHOW-142412: this is my commit message"
#
#NAME=$(git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* //')
NAME=$(git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* \(.*\)\///' | sed 's/\([0-9]\)-.*/\1/')
DESCRIPTION=$(git config branch."$NAME".description)

echo "$NAME"': '$(cat "$1") > "$1"
if [ -n "$DESCRIPTION" ]
then
   echo "" >> "$1"
   echo $DESCRIPTION >> "$1"
fi