Since the commit messages of this repository is always goes like `TIL: Name of the added file without dashes` I thought I can automate this. First I wrote a macro inside neovim and save it in my `init.lua`. But hey, there is a better tool for this: [git hooks](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks). After reading the docs, I wrote the following script and put it inside `.git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg`: ```bash #!/bin/bash COMMIT_MSG_FILE=$1 COMMIT_SOURCE=$2 SHA1=$3 # Only add custom message when there is no commit source # ($COMMIT_SOURCE is empty). Otherwise, keep the default message # proposed by Git. Possible commit source: message, template, # merge, squash or commit. See https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks if [[ -z "$COMMIT_SOURCE" ]] then hint=$(cat "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE") message=$(git diff --cached --name-status -r | cut -d/ -f2 | sed 's/-/ /g' | cut -d. -f1 | sed 's/.*/\u&/') echo "TIL: ${message}" > $COMMIT_MSG_FILE echo "$hint" >> "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE" fi ``` And that's all. I never need to enter a commit message for this repository from now on.