#!/bin/sh hg init a cd a echo '[hooks]' > .hg/hgrc echo 'pretxncommit.msglen = test `hg tip --template {desc} | wc -c` -ge 10' >> .hg/hgrc #$ name: run cat .hg/hgrc echo a > a hg add a hg commit -A -m 'too short' hg commit -A -m 'long enough'