Hook to force commit messages to start with JIRA issue identifiers

commit-msg

#!/bin/bash
regex='^[A-Z]{2,6}-[0-9]{1,8}\s'
message="$(sed 's/^#.*//' $1 | grep -v '^$')"

if [[ $message =~ $regex ]] ; then
	echo -e >&2 "\e[0;32mCommit linked issue\e[m ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
else
	echo -e >&2 "\e[0;31mCommit failed: Invalid JIRA Key: $message\e[m"
	exit 1
fi