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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This hook works for branches named such as "123-description" and will add "[#123]" to the commit message.
+
+# get current branch
+branchName=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+
+# search issue id in the branch name, such a "123-description" or "XXX-123-description"
+issueId=$(echo $branchName | sed -nE 's,([A-Z]?-?[0-9]+)-.+,\1,p')
+
+# only prepare commit message if pattern matched and issue id was found
+if [[ ! -z $issueId ]]; then
+ # $1 is the name of the file containing the commit message
+ # sed -i.bak -e "1s/^/\n\n[$issueId]\n/" $1
+ echo -e "#$issueId ""$(cat $1)" > "$1"
+ # echo -e "[$issueId]\n""$(cat $1)" > "$1"
+ # sed -i.bak -e "1s/^/$TRIMMED /" $1
+fi