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Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit: add a prepare-commit-msg hook
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:05:09 +0100
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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...