https://stackoverflow.com/a/46536244/535610
Save the following as .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
and make it executable.
#!/bin/sh
NAME=$(git config user.name)
EMAIL=$(git config user.email)
if [ -z "$NAME" ]; then
echo "empty git config user.name"
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "$EMAIL" ]; then
echo "empty git config user.email"
exit 1
fi
git interpret-trailers --if-exists doNothing --trailer \
"Signed-off-by: $NAME <$EMAIL>" \
--in-place "$1"