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[PATCH] hooks/pre-commit: add example to add Signed-off-by line to message

From
APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 20, 2006, 16:04 UTC
Message-ID
<200612201604.12498.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.63.0611291219190.30004@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Based on Johannes Schindelin's earlier patch to perform the same function.

The call to git-sh-setup was causing "Not a git repository" errors after the pre-commit script had run. I removed the call and used $(git-rev-parse --git-dir) instead, which seems to have fixed the problem.

Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
---
 templates/hooks--pre-commit |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-commit b/templates/hooks--pre-commit
index 723a9ef..87d9ccc 100644
--- a/templates/hooks--pre-commit
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-commit
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 #
 # To enable this hook, make this file executable.
 
+# Uncomment the below to add a Signed-off-by line to the message.
+#git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT | \
+#sed -n "s/^\(.*\) [0-9]\+ [-+][0-9]\+$/Signed-off-by: \1/p" \
+# >> $(git-rev-parse --git-dir)/SQUASH_MSG
+
 # This is slightly modified from Andrew Morton's Perfect Patch.
 # Lines you introduce should not have trailing whitespace.
 # Also check for an indentation that has SP before a TAB.
-- 
1.4.4.2.g120e3
Previous: Andy ParkinsNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 3 of 11 in “hooks/pre-commit: add example to add Signed-off-by line to message”
  1. hooks/pre-commit: add example to add Signed-off-by line to messageJohannes Schindelin, Nov 29, 2006
  2. Andy ParkinsDec 20, 2006
  3. hooks/pre-commit: add example to add Signed-off-by line to messageAndy Parkins, Dec 20, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 20, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 20, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 21, 2006
  9. hooks/commit-msg: add example to add Signed-off-by line to messageAndy Parkins, Dec 21, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2006
  11. Andy ParkinsDec 22, 2006

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