This is the exact text I want to include in my full commit message.\u00a0 I don't want to have to a lot of copy and pasting or re-typing so I wrote a simple PowerShell function that creates my commit message.<\/p>\n
#New-GitMessage.ps1\r\n\r\n<#\r\nCopy selected text into a here string that can be\r\nused as a git commit message\r\n#>\r\n\r\nFunction New-GitMessage {\r\n[cmdletbinding()]\r\n\r\nParam([string]$Text = $psise.CurrentFile.Editor.SelectedText)\r\n\r\n#insert the selected text into a global variable.\r\n$global:msg = $text\r\n\r\n}\r\n#create a shortcut in the ISE\r\n$psise.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.Submenus.Add(\"Commit Msg\",{New-GitMessage},$null) | Out-Null\r\n<\/pre>\nThe script is intended to be used in the PowerShell ISE. The concept is very simple and probably doesn't really need a function.\u00a0 The assumption is that I will select a portion of text in the changelog and run New-GitMessage command. All the command does is insert the text into a global variable. Even though everything in the ISE runs in the same scope I'm using the global prefix so my intentions are clear. When I'm ready to commit I can use an expression like this:<\/p>\n
git commit -a -m $msg\r\n<\/pre>\nSimple, but effective.<\/p>\n
The last line in the script file adds an option to the AddOns menu. I'm not using a keyboard shortcut, but you could add one if you wish. In my PowerShell ISE profile script, I dot source this script file and I'm ready to go.<\/p>\n
Here's the command in action.<\/p>\n
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