git_hooks

Repository to store some git hooks.

Hooks in this repo

• prepare_commit-msg:

  Automatically prepends commit message with the branch name (especially if branch is named after the Jira ticket id). Merge commit messages are not prepended.

How this works?

1. Enable git templates globally:

   git config --global core.hooksPath '~/git_hooks'
   

   By default Git looks for your hooks in the $GIT_DIR/hooks directory. However, this global setting sets this to different path, e.g. ~/git-hooks/, and Git will try to find your hooks in that directory, e.g. ~/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg instead of in $GIT_DIR/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.

2. Write your hooks in ~/.git-hooks/

3. Make sure the hook is executable.

   chmod a+x ~/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg