Append branch name to commit message to make life easier

commit-msg

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, os, re
from subprocess import check_output

file_path = sys.argv[1]

# Get branch name
branch_name = check_output(['git', 'symbolic-ref', '--short', '-q', 'HEAD']).strip()

# Initialize prefix name
prefix = ""

# Strip each element that has been separated by '/' and cast to uppercase if it's not empty
chunk = [s.strip().upper() for s in branch_name.split('/') if s]

if len(chunk) > 1:
  prefix = '/'.join(chunk[1:])

with open(file_path, 'r+') as f:
	content = f.read()
	f.seek(0, 0)
	if prefix:
		f.write(': '.join([prefix, content]))
	else:
		f.write(content)

Branch name => Commit prefix

1. story/ticket-12 => TICKET-12: <commit-message>
2. story/poop/ticket-13 => POOP/TICKET-13: <commit-message>
3. bug/ticket-13 => TICKET-13: <commit-message>
4. regular-branch-name => <commit-message>