--- trac-ticket-post-commit-hook.orig	2005-07-25 20:29:43.000000000 +0200
+++ trac-ticket-post-commit-hook	2006-06-01 14:31:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #   references, refs, addresses, re 
 #     The specified issue numbers are left in their current status, but 
 #     the contents of this commit message are added to their notes. 
+#   ":" can be added after the command name, to get a debian like pattern.
 #
 # A fairly complicated example of what you can do is with a commit message
 # of:
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
     leftEnv = ''
     rghtEnv = ''
 
-commandPattern = re.compile(leftEnv + r'(?P<action>[A-Za-z]*).?(?P<ticket>#[0-9]+(?:(?:[, &]*|[ ]?and[ ]?)#[0-9]+)*)' + rghtEnv)
+commandPattern = re.compile(leftEnv + r'(?P<action>[A-Za-z]*):{0,1}.?(?P<ticket>#[0-9]+(?:(?:[, &]*|[ ]?and[ ]?)#[0-9]+)*)' + rghtEnv)
 ticketPattern = re.compile(r'#([0-9]*)')
 
 class CommitHook: