Add date to git commit message automatically

Question

so I have a sh script that dumps some files and then pushes them to a git repository. How can I dynamically add a date to a trade message?

My .sh looks something like

// do things to files...
git add -u;
git commit -m 'generated files on <date here?>';
git push origin master;

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Steve robbins 07 Feb 13 at 12:12 am

3 answers

Not sure why you would do this as the commits are already time stamped, but something like:

THEDATE=`date`
git commit -m "... $THEDATE"

will do it. Please note that double quotes are important.

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cjc343 07 Feb 13 at 12:18

Why not use prepare-commit-msg

or commit-msg

git hooks ? You can find the stubs in the directory .git/hooks

.

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madhead 07 Feb 13 at 12:18

hd1 · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-07T00:15:53+0000

Just format the output of the date command and your uncle's Bob:

// do things to files...
git add -u;
git commit -m "generated files on `date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`";
git push origin master