commit-msg for xtimes

commit-msg.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Author: Marcelo Andrade

# this hook check the validity of a commit message in the format we
# can input to xtimes to create a valid event tagged with the tasks
# we are working on

# INSTALLATION
# Copy this file in each repo in the hooks directory and give execution permission:
# cd your-repo
# cp commit-msg .git/hooks
# chmod u+x .git/hooks/commit-msg

commit_message_tmp_file = ARGV[0]

message = ''
File.open(commit_message_tmp_file, "r") do |infile|
  while (line = infile.gets)
    message += line
  end
end

xtimes_message_format = /(.*)\[(.*)\]/m

if message =~ xtimes_message_format
  # the current message match the xtimes format just exit with 0 
  # allowing git to continue the commit
  exit(0)
else
  puts "The commit was aborted!!!"
  puts "Please use the xtimes message format:"
  puts ""
  puts "    commit message description [tag1, tag2]"
  puts ""
  exit(1)
end