Git hook for having branch name and description in commit message prepopulated

prepare-commit-msg

#!/bin/bash

# This way you can customize which branches should be skipped when
# prepending commit message. 
if [ -z "$BRANCHES_TO_SKIP" ]; then
  BRANCHES_TO_SKIP=(master develop test dev)
fi

BRANCH_FULL_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
BRANCH_NAME="${BRANCH_FULL_NAME##*/}"
BRANCH_DESCRIPTION=$(git config branch."$BRANCH_FULL_NAME".description)

BRANCH_EXCLUDED=$(printf "%s\n" "${BRANCHES_TO_SKIP[@]}" | grep -c "^$BRANCH_NAME$")
BRANCH_IN_COMMIT=$(grep -c "\[$BRANCH_NAME\]" $1)

if [ -n "$BRANCH_NAME" ] && ! [[ $BRANCH_EXCLUDED -eq 1 ]] && ! [[ $BRANCH_IN_COMMIT -ge 1 ]]; then 
  sed -i.bak -e "1s/^/[$BRANCH_NAME] $BRANCH_DESCRIPTION \n\n/" $1
fi