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How to Automatically add JIRA ID to Commit Message

Context​

Jira is integrated with GitHub. As we create commits we put the ticket id in them and Jira will automatically detect that and associate the commits and branch with that ticket. This how to will show you how to enable a commit message hook to automatically strip the Jira id from your branch name and insert it at the beginning of the commit message. If your branch doesn't match the pattern then nothing will be changed.

Branch Format​

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Enable​

To enable the automatic addition simply run the following command

ln -s ~/projects/dod/mymove/scripts/commit-msg .git/hooks/commit-msg

Disable​

To disable the automatic addition temporarily use the --no-verify flag. To disable it permanently run the following command

rm .git/hooks/commit-msg