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Comment by fbernier | Hacker News Reader

git commit -m "$(curl -s programmerexcuses.com | sed -n '/<a.>/{s/<[^>]>//g;p}')"

I would prefer it to give just the message when the request contains the `Accept: text/plain` header.

I'd like to commit a bugfix:

  git commit -m "$(curl -s programmerexcuses.com | sed -n '/<a.*>/{s/<[^>]*>//g;p}')"

www.whatthecommit.com alternative to this:

  git commit -m "$(curl -s http://whatthecommit.com | grep -o '<p>.*' | sed 's|<[^>]*>||g')"

Or you can use it in your post-commit hook:

https://gist.github.com/stevelaz/daecc32e0a8f2758b649

And for any OS X user (* BSD based sed)

  curl -s programmerexcuses.com | sed -n -e '/<a.*>/{s/<[^>]*>//g;' -e 'p' -e '}'

  git commit -m "$(curl -s programmerexcuses.com | sed -n -e '/<a.*>/{s/<[^>]*>//g;' -e 'p' -e '}')"

You read my mind.

I would have preferred a more client-aware response, similar to http://ifconfig.me/, so that you can save the sed call.

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