Add a default Git commit template message

Makefile

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ $(AUTOLOADS): php-project.el php-mode.el
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ELCS) $(AUTOLOADS)
 
+# Perform any operations that will be useful for developers
+# who contribute to PHP Mode.
+dev:
+	cp etc/git/prepare-commit-msg .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
+	chmod u+x .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
+
 # Runs all unit tests from php-mode-test.el and shows the results. The
 # script will exit with the status code zero if all tests pass. If any
 # test fails the script exits with a non-zero status and shows

etc/git/commit-template.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SUBJECT, 50 Characters, No Period
+# "If applied, this commit will..."
+
+# BODY, 72 Characters
+# Answers the question, "Why?", not, "How?"
+
+# METADATA
+# GitHub-Issue:
+# Resolves:
+# See-also:
+# Reviewed-by:
+# Special-thanks:
+# HANGING INDENT

etc/git/prepare-commit-msg

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# prepare-commit-msg
+# ==================
+#
+# ## SYNOPSIS
+#
+# This hook fills the user's editor with a pre-written commit message
+# template, intended to help contributors adhere to good style and
+# practices when it comes to writing Git commit messages.
+#
+########################################################################
+
+# This hook will always recieve three arguments.  We only care about the
+# first for our purposes, but still assign useful names to the others
+# in case we need them in the future.
+COMMIT_MESSAGE=$1
+COMMIT_SOURCE=$2
+COMMIT_SHA1=$3
+
+# If the commit message already contains content then the developer
+# is probably using his or her own template.  In which case we do not
+# trample over it.  We test for a pre-existing template by reading
+# the first line of the commit message this hook recieved, and check
+# so see if it is an empty string (apply our template) or not (leave
+# the message alone).
+TITLE_LINE=$(head -n1 $COMMIT_MESSAGE)
+
+if [ -z "$TITLE_LINE" ]; then
+	project_dir=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+	template="$project_dir/etc/git/commit-template.txt"
+	echo "$(cat $template)\n$(cat $COMMIT_MESSAGE)" > $COMMIT_MESSAGE
+fi
+
+exit 0