It is actually not only the commit-msg, but also the prepare-commit-msg hook... Johannes Schindelin (3): t7504: document regression: reword no longer calls commit-msg sequencer: make commit options more extensible sequencer: allow the commit-msg hooks to run during a `reword` sequencer.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- t/t7504-commit-msg-hook.sh | 17 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) base-commit: afd6726309f57f532b4b989a75c1392359c611cc Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/git/releases/tag/reword-commit-msg-hook-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/git reword-commit-msg-hook-v1 -- 2.12.1.windows.1