Better commit messages

prepare-commit-msg

# BRANCH_PREFIX will match everithing before the first underscore so if your branch name 
# is ESGCA-9999_my_awesomefeature and your commit message is 'Fixes Changes Rabbits' 
# your "final" commit message will be: 'ESGCA-9999: Fixes Changes Rabbits' 

COMMIT_MSG_FILE=$1
BRANCH_PREFIX=$(git branch | grep '*' | sed 's/* //' | cut -d _ -f 1)

echo "$BRANCH_PREFIX: $(cat $COMMIT_MSG_FILE)" > "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE"

# Copy this file in the .git/hooks/ directory of your local repo and make it executable `chmod +x  prepare-commit-msg`