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commit-msg hook script
#!/bin/sh
#
# Automatically adds branch name and branch description to every commit message.
#
NAME=$(git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* //')
DESCRIPTION=$(git config branch."$NAME".description)
TEXT=$(cat "$1" | sed '/^#.*/d')
if [ -n "$TEXT" ]
then
echo "$NAME"': '$(cat "$1" | sed '/^#.*/d') > "$1"
if [ -n "$DESCRIPTION" ]
then
echo "" >> "$1"
echo $DESCRIPTION >> "$1"
fi
else
echo "Aborting commit due to empty commit message."
exit 1
fi
@azizmb
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azizmb commented Oct 22, 2012

Hi! Thanks for the script. One issue though. When I use this hook, I lose any line breaks in the commit messages. Any idea how to fix this?

@pzelnip
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pzelnip commented Jul 16, 2013

On a "git commit -a" I always get "aborting commit due to empty commit message".

@chrishough
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Great post +11

@danwald
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danwald commented Feb 20, 2015

you should put this in your prepare-commit-msg instead

@san7hos
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san7hos commented Mar 16, 2016

@danwald you cannot start lines with # in the vim editor, that makes it harder to put in the prepare hook

@synthesizerpatel
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synthesizerpatel commented May 3, 2017

A tiny amount of code golf for getting the branch name if you care:

NAME=$(git branch | sed -n -e 's/^* //gp')

@blkwtkns
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This is great, thank you. It has cause a little problem when doing an interactive rebase and attempting to reword a commit.

@rbobillot
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rbobillot commented Jul 12, 2021

Also, if you just wanna get your branch name, without using sed, grep nor awk:
NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
NAME=$(git branch --show-current)

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