Script to automatically add the branch name and description to commit messages.

prepare-commit-msg

#!/bin/sh
# Automatically adds branch name and branch description to every commit message.
# Rename .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.sample to prepare-commit-msg, paste the script and make the file executable.
# Modified from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5894946/how-to-add-gits-branch-name-to-the-commit-message

NAME=$(git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* //') 
DESCRIPTION=$(git config branch."$NAME".description)

echo "[$NAME"'] '$(cat "$1") > "$1"
if [ -n "$DESCRIPTION" ] 
then
   echo "" >> "$1"
   echo $DESCRIPTION >> "$1"
fi