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We use gitlab issues at work, which supports tagging commit messages with an issue number, to make that commit appear in the issue thread. I often forget to tag my messages though, and then remember a second after committing. So I wrote a little helper function as a custom git command: #!/bin/sh OLD_MSG = $( git log --format = %B -n1 ) git commit --amend -m " $OLD_MSG , # $1 " It’s just a simple…

So I wrote a little helper function as a custom git command:

#!/bin/sh
OLD_MSG=$(git log --format=%B -n1)
git commit --amend -m "$OLD_MSG, #$1"

It’s just a simple shell script that fetches the last commit message and appends the issue number. So I can do this:

$ git commit -m "add css grid support"
# ah fuck, forgot that this is related to an issue!
$ git append-issue 27
# commit msg is now: "add css grid support, #27"

To make it work:

Name the shell script git-append-issue (no extension)
save it in a folder in your home directory, i.e. ~/git-commands
make it executable with chmod 555
add that folder to your $PATH
git now recognizes your custom command!

15 May 2019

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