Appends branch name to git commit message. `cp prepare-commit-msg .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg`

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git clone git@gist.github.com:faf373e5c05a8cb4bc49c048504dbea6.git git-hook-prepare-commit-msg

prepare-commit-msg

#!/bin/bash
# prepends branch name and description to commit message
# https://gist.github.com/tomviner/faf373e5c05a8cb4bc49c048504dbea6/
#
# put this in repo/.git/hooks/ and chmod +x the file
# see the following stackoverflow question about how
# to do this for every new/cloned repo:
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/8842663/207894

# fetch branch name after last instace of '/'
FULL_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
BRANCH=${FULL_BRANCH##*/}

# don't process if branch in excluded list
if [ -z "$GIT_BRANCHES_TO_SKIP" ]; then
    # default skip list is master and rebase branches
    # list can be set outside if this script
    GIT_BRANCHES_TO_SKIP=(master HEAD staging);
fi
EXCLUDED=$(printf "%s\n" "${GIT_BRANCHES_TO_SKIP[@]}" | grep -c "^$BRANCH$")

# skip if commit message is non-empty (e.g. with --amend or --message)
# or if excluded branch,
# or if branch was already added

if [[ -z $(head -n1 $1) && $EXCLUDED -eq 0 ]] ; then
    sed -i.bak "1s/^/$BRANCH /" $1
fi

still using that daily 😹