Git flow hook to fetch/merge/name a hotfix/release. Requires Git Flow AVH edition (https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow)

filter-flow-hotfix-start-version

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Runs during git flow hotfix start
#
# Positional arguments:
# $1    Version
#
# Return VERSION - When VERSION is returned empty, git-flow will stop as the
# version is necessary
#
# The following variables are available as they are exported by git-flow:
#
# MASTER_BRANCH - The branch defined as Master
# DEVELOP_BRANCH - The branch defined as Develop

$version = ARGV[0]

if $version.nil?
    `git fetch -p`
    list = [ENV['MASTER_BRANCH'], ENV['DEVELOP_BRANCH']]
    list.each do |x|
	`git checkout #{x}`
	`git merge origin/#{x}`
    end

    last_tag_rev = `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`.strip
    last_tag_name = `git describe --tags #{last_tag_rev}`.strip

    major, minor, hotfix = last_tag_name.split('.').map(&:to_i)
    $version = "%d.%d.%d" % [major, minor, hotfix + 1]

end

puts $version

filter-flow-release-start-version

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Runs during git flow hotfix start
#
# Positional arguments:
# $1    Version
#
# Return VERSION - When VERSION is returned empty, git-flow will stop as the
# version is necessary
#
# The following variables are available as they are exported by git-flow:
#
# MASTER_BRANCH - The branch defined as Master
# DEVELOP_BRANCH - The branch defined as Develop

$version = ARGV[0]

if $version.nil?
    `git fetch -p`
    list = [ENV['MASTER_BRANCH'], ENV['DEVELOP_BRANCH']]
    list.each do |x|
	`git checkout #{x}`
	`git merge origin/#{x}`
    end

    last_tag_rev = `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`.strip
    last_tag_name = `git describe --tags #{last_tag_rev}`.strip

    major, minor, hotfix = last_tag_name.split('.').map(&:to_i)
    $version = "%d.%d.%d" % [major, minor + 1, hotfix]

end

puts $version

gitconfig

# Append this to your ~/.gitconfig
[init]
    templatedir = ~/.git-templates

# Place the other two files inside ~/.git-templates/hooks/