Support injecting additional CLI arguments to the commit step

README.md

@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ even if the matching `git config` option is not set.
 `-s` is the equivalent of `branch.$branch_name.sync`, allowing syncing a branch
 even if the matching `git config` option is not set.
 
+`-c COMMITOPTS` allows passing additional command-line arguments to the `git commit` action.
+This allows support for less common workflows, like setting `--no-verify` to bypass strict pre-commit hooks, or adding a GPG signing key to the generated commits.
+
 # `contrib` contents
 
 ## git-sync-on-inotify

git-sync

@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
 # 0, sync can start immediately. This does not, however, indicate
 # that syncing is at all likely to succeed.
 
-# command used to auto-commit file modifications
-DEFAULT_AUTOCOMMIT_CMD="git add -u ; git commit -m \"%message\";"
-
-# command used to auto-commit all changes
-ALL_AUTOCOMMIT_CMD="git add -A ; git commit -m \"%message\";"
-
 # default commit message substituted into autocommit commands
 DEFAULT_AUTOCOMMIT_MSG="changes from $(uname -n) on $(date)"
 
@@ -48,22 +42,27 @@ DEFAULT_AUTOCOMMIT_MSG="changes from $(uname -n) on $(date)"
 
 print_usage() {
     cat << EOF
-usage: $0 [-h] [-n] [-s] [MODE]
+usage: $0 [-c COMMITOPTS] [-h] [-n] [-s] [MODE]
 
 Synchronize the current branch to a remote backup
 MODE may be either "sync" (the default) or "check", to verify that the branch is ready to sync
 
 OPTIONS:
+   -c      Take a string of additional CLI options to pass to git commit
    -h      Show this message
    -n      Commit new files even if branch.\$branch_name.syncNewFiles isn't set
    -s      Sync the branch even if branch.\$branch_name.sync isn't set
 EOF
 }
 sync_new_files_anyway="false"
 sync_anyway="false"
+commitopts=""
 
-while getopts "hns" opt ; do
+while getopts "c:hns" opt ; do
     case $opt in
+        c )
+            commitopts="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
         h )
             print_usage
             exit 0
@@ -78,6 +77,12 @@ while getopts "hns" opt ; do
 done
 shift $((OPTIND-1))
 
+# command used to auto-commit file modifications
+DEFAULT_AUTOCOMMIT_CMD="git add -u ; git commit $commitopts -m \"%message\";"
+
+# command used to auto-commit all changes
+ALL_AUTOCOMMIT_CMD="git add -A ; git commit $commitopts -m \"%message\";"
+
 #
 #    utility functions, some adapted from git bash completion
 #