From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:46:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit: add a prepare-commit-msg hook
Message-ID: <47910229.90700@gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080118190509.GA3411@steel.home>

Alex Riesen wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini, Fri, Jan 18, 2008 15:51:25 +0100:
>> +		if (!edit_message) {
>> +			run_hook(index_file, "prepare-commit-msg", git_path(commit_editmsg));
>> +		}
>>  		launch_editor(git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL, env);
> 
> "preedit-new-commit-msg", perhaps. A "prepare-" suggests it is called
> every time, even if no editor is specified, which it is not.
> 
> And it really does look like a template...

It is, but quite a powerful one. :-)  template-commit-msg?

Paolo