he pre-commit hook.</p>
</div>
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<p>The sample <code>prepare-commit-msg</code> hook that comes with Git removes the
help message found in the commented portion of the commit template.</p>
</div>
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<h3 id="_commit_msg">commit-msg</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>This hook is invoked by <a href="git-commit.html">git-commit(1)</a> and <a href="git-merge.html">git-merge(1)</a>, and can be
bypassed with the <code>--no-verify</code> option.  It takes a single paramete