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Extract a string from a commit message between two square brackets
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extract.sh
# Example with a space after the colon
echo "bc3977f Some beautiful long commit message [skip: verification]" | sed -En 's/.*\[skip\:(.*|\ .*)\]/\1/p' | awk '{$1=$1;print}'
verification
# Example with no space after the colon
echo "bc3977f Some beautiful long commit message [skip: verification]" | sed -En 's/.*\[skip\:(.*|\ .*)\]/\1/p' | awk '{$1=$1;print}'
verification
# Working example from the last commit message
git log -1 --oneline | sed -En 's/.*\[skip\:(.*|\ .*)\]/\1/p' | awk '{$1=$1;print}'
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