Make release note comment character configurable

commands/release.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/github/hub/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/octokit/go-octokit/octokit"
+	"github.com/github/hub/git"
 	"github.com/github/hub/github"
 	"github.com/github/hub/utils"
 )
@@ -109,7 +110,10 @@ func createRelease(cmd *Command, args *Args) {
 
 			var editor *github.Editor
 			if title == "" {
-				message := releaseMessage(tag, project.Name, branchName)
+				cs := git.CommentChar()
+				message, err := renderReleaseTpl(cs, tag, project.Name, branchName)
+				utils.Check(err)
+
 				editor, err = github.NewEditor("RELEASE", "release", message)
 				utils.Check(err)
 
@@ -158,16 +162,6 @@ func createRelease(cmd *Command, args *Args) {
 	})
 }
 
-func releaseMessage(tag, projectName, currentBranch string) string {
-	message := `
-# Creating release %s for %s from %s
-#
-# Write a message for this release. The first block
-# of text is the title and the rest is description.
-`
-	return fmt.Sprintf(message, tag, projectName, currentBranch)
-}
-
 type assetUploader struct {
 	Client  *github.Client
 	Release *octokit.Release

commands/release_tpl.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+const releaseTmpl = `{{.CS}} Creating release {{.TagName}} for {{.ProjectName}} from {{.BranchName}}
+{{.CS}}
+{{.CS}} Write a message for this release. The first block
+{{.CS}} of text is the title and the rest is description.`
+
+type releaseMsg struct {
+	CS          string
+	TagName     string
+	ProjectName string
+	BranchName  string
+}
+
+func renderReleaseTpl(cs, tagName, projectName, branchName string) (string, error) {
+	t, err := template.New("releaseTmpl").Parse(releaseTmpl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	msg := &releaseMsg{
+		CS:          cs,
+		TagName:     tagName,
+		ProjectName: projectName,
+		BranchName:  branchName,
+	}
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	err = t.Execute(&b, msg)
+
+	return b.String(), err
+}

commands/release_tpl_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/github/hub/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/bmizerany/assert"
+)
+
+func TestRenderReleaseTpl(t *testing.T) {
+	msg, err := renderReleaseTpl("#", "1.0", "hub", "master")
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+
+	expMsg := `# Creating release 1.0 for hub from master
+#
+# Write a message for this release. The first block
+# of text is the title and the rest is description.`
+	assert.Equal(t, expMsg, msg)
+}