From 5403fa516bb83181d78789cd2cad8ed59c69de1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel@mamane.lu>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:13:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] commit-msg hook: allow commit message that *starts* with an
 asterisk

---
 git-hooks/commit-msg | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git-hooks/commit-msg b/git-hooks/commit-msg
index d51a33035855..62572138578b 100755
--- a/git-hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/git-hooks/commit-msg
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test "" = "$(grep '^Signed-off-by: ' "$1" |
 
 # Check that the first line exists, and is not an asterisk
 
-if [ -z "`head -n 1 $1 | grep -v '^[ \t]*\*'`" ] ; then
+if [ -z "`head -n 1 $1 | grep -v '^[ \t]*\*$'`" ] ; then
     abort "$1" "Please provide the general description on the first line."
 fi