git-append-commit-trailer

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Append a trailer with the commit hash to every commit message.
#
# # Why would you do this?
#
# Git commit hashes change when you rewrite history. If you release your
# software with the exact build hash (you should, it eases debugging!),
# then all released hashes won't be in your repository anymore. If you
# add the original hashes to the commit messages, then you can find them
# even after a history rewrite.
#
# Another use case for the original hashes is if you keep the original
# repository as archive for reference (e.g. because your industry
# requires you to keep *exactly* every state of the repository). The
# hash in the commit message will help you to find the corresponding
# commit in the original repository if necessary.
#
# Attention: Since the commit message is part of the commit hash
# calculation, this script changes the commit hashes too.
#
# Usage:
# git-append-commit-trailer [<options>]
#
# Options:
#   -f, --force   git filter-branch refuses to start with an existing
#                 temporary directory or when there are already refs
#                 starting with refs/original/, unless forced.
#                 See `man git-filter-branch`
#
# Example:
#   Purge the file `foo.dat` from the repository:
#
#   Step 1: Run `git-append-commit-trailer`
#   Step 2: git-purge-files foo.dat
#
#   Result: The file `foo.dat` was purged from the history and every
#           commit message has a link (original commit hash) to the
#           original version.
#
# Author: Lars Schneider, https://github.com/larsxschneider
#

filter=$(cat <<'EOF'
	perl -se '
	my $last;
	my $found = 0;
	while (my $line = <>) {
  		print "$line";
  		$found = 1 if ($line =~ m/^Original-commit: [a-f0-9]{40}$/);
		$last = "$line";
	}

	# Add newline if there is none in the last line
	print "\n" if (!($last =~ /\x0a$/));

	# Add newline if there is no previous trailer
	print "\n" if (!($last =~ /^\S+: /));

	# Add commit hash if there was no other before
	print "Original-commit: $hash\n" if (! $found);
' -- -hash=$GIT_COMMIT
EOF
)

git filter-branch $1 --msg-filter "$filter" --tag-name-filter cat -- --all