#!/bin/sh -e # # This hook adds a comment for guidance about the commit message # format on top of the default commit message. # # Called by "git commit" with the name of the file that has the # commit message, followed by the description of the commit # message's source. The hook's purpose is to edit the commit # message file. If the hook fails with a non-zero status, # the commit is aborted. # # To enable this hook, set the hooksPath in git: # git config core.hooksPath .dev/githooks COMMIT_MSG_FILE=$1 COMMIT_SOURCE=$2 SHA1=$3 beginswith() { case $2 in "$1"*) true;; *) false;; esac; } original=$(cat "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE") if beginswith $'\n#' "$original"; then # Find common path prefix of changed files path=$(while read file do test -z "$count" && common="$file" && count=$(expr length "$file") || while expr substr "$file" 1 $count != substr "$common" 1 $count >/dev/null; do let count--; done done <<<"$(git -P diff --cached --name-only -r)" && expr substr "$common" 1 "$count") case "$path" in ([0-9]*) path="${path#*/}";; esac path="${path#.}" { echo "${path%/}:" echo "$original" } > "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE" fi