[thisdougb]

cool.

The prepare-commit-msg hook is the one. One of the hook args is the type of commit (merge, squash, etc). And the merge commit msg files exist (SQUASH_MSG, MERGE_MSG) so my original logic all works.

  $ git log -1
  commit 735ce5f9998736c4066d63ab851df2023640dad5 (HEAD -> master)
  Author: Doug Bridgens <[e-mail]>
  Date:   Tue Apr 1 22:31:22 2025 +0100

        test4 does some stuff
    
    Time spent on feat_test4: 0d:0h:7m secs=426