Enforce the JIRA issue id in a GIT commit message
This can be done by using git hooks file location at .git/hooks/commit-msg. Following are the 2 way in whcih each Developers can set the Hooks in their developement envioronment.
Method – 1
# commit-msg.sh #!/bin/sh # This hook will make sure that the commit message contains a JIRA issue. # # To enable this hook, rename this file to ".git/hooks/commit-msg". # Make sure to add execution permissions to the file. export MESSAGE=$(<$1) export JIRA_ISSUE_TAG='ISSUETAG-([0-9]*)' if [[ $MESSAGE =~ $JIRA_ISSUE_TAG ]]; then echo -e "\e[32mGreat, your commit message contains a JIRA issue!\e[0m" exit 0; fi echo -e "\e[31mOh hamburgers ... You forgot to add a JIRA issue number!\e[0m"; exit 1;
Method 2 – This is another very good example to implement to force jira id in each commit message. http://nsbogan.com/tools/2015/06/04/jira-id-in-git-commit-messages