Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit: add a prepare-commit-msg hook

From: Paolo Bonzini <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:46:49 +0100

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