Automatically prepend JIRA issue key to commit message

prepare-commit-msg.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Automatically adds Jira key to commit message
#

if [ -z "$BRANCHES_TO_SKIP" ]; then
  BRANCHES_TO_SKIP=(master develop)
fi

BRANCH_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
BRANCH_NAME="${BRANCH_NAME##*/}"
BRANCH_EXCLUDED=$(printf "%s\n" "${BRANCHES_TO_SKIP[@]}" | grep -c "^$BRANCH_NAME$")
BRANCH_JIRA_KEY=$(echo $BRANCH_NAME | grep -E -o '^([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)')

if ! [[ $BRANCH_EXCLUDED -eq 1 ]] && ! [[ $(cat "$1") == "$BRANCH_JIRA_KEY"* ]] && ! [ -z "$BRANCH_JIRA_KEY" ]; then
  echo "$BRANCH_JIRA_KEY $(cat "${1}")" > "$1"
fi

Windows 7 is EOL and unsupported, which means it's full of security holes, which might be leverage to get it updated: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4057281/windows-7-support-ended-on-january-14-2020

I might also suggest a lighter-weight editor for commit messages - the lightest, actually: vim or vi is great for the quick stuff needed for them. It's a bit of a learning curve but the few commands you really need to know are easily memorized.

Unfortunately we're one of the firms that extended the support 😿

Ok then, let's work with what we have. What prompts are opening? Do you get to the editor eventually?

Command prompts flashes, can't really see what they are and/or doing. But don't worry, I can't really change editor, and it's probably related to the way git handles the hooks on my setup. So I'll have to live with it. Thanks anyway.