wispoz / git-hooks

Git Hook to insert branch name to commit message

Git Hooks

Git Hook to insert branch name to commit message.

Usage

When you commit to Git, hook automatically replaces "[branch]" with name of current branch.

Suppose you are working on branch "555-fix":

[branch] Fixed a typo

You commit this, and see in Git log:

555-fix Fixed a typo

Installation

Prerequisites

To use this hook, you need

Windows (not tested on Linux)
NodeJS
Git

1. Clone Repo

Clone this repo.

Instal Node.js dependecies with

npm install

2. Installing Commit Hook

Copy hook to target project directory.

copy C:\path-to-git-hook\commit-msg.sample C:\path-to-target-project\.git\hooks\commit-msg

Edit file commit-msg -- change path to git-hook folder.

Make this file executable

attrib +x commit-msg

3. Installing SmartGit Template (optional)

Copy commit-template.sample file to commit-template.

Edit commit-template as you like.

Plug in the template:

Change directory to target project folder.

Run

git config commit.template C:\path-to-git-hook\commit-template

You will get this template when create new commit with SmartGit.

License

• MIT license
• Copyright 2020 © Nex Otaku.