Create a directory to hold Git hooks mkdir -p ~/.git_templates/hooks/ Add This file to ~/.git_templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg #!/bin/sh if [ -z "$BRANCHES_TO_SKIP" ]; then BRANCHES_TO_SKIP=(master develop) fi BRANCH_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD) BRANCH_NAME="${BRANCH_NAME##*/}" BRANCH_EXCLUDED=$(printf "%s\n" "${BRANCHES_TO_SKIP[@]}" | grep -c "^$BRANCH_NAME$") BRANCH_IN_COMMIT=$(grep -c "\[$BRANCH_NAME\]" $1) if [ -n "$BRANCH_NAME" ] && ! [[ $BRANCH_EXCLUDED -eq 1 ]] && ! [[ $BRANCH_IN_COMMIT -ge 1 ]]; then sed -i.bak -e "1s/^/[$BRANCH_NAME] /" $1 fi Make the file executable chmod a+x ~/.git_templates/hooks/prepare-commit-msg Add this lines to the bottom of .gitconfig [init] templatedir = ~/.git_templates
