diff --git a/extras/scripts/commit-msg b/extras/scripts/commit-msg
index 81edbe8c91aeaa3816d47cc127319f271414506c..2e1040ae59a913b7db63ccf1b02a0d5fc47dbe6a 100755
--- a/extras/scripts/commit-msg
+++ b/extras/scripts/commit-msg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# From Gerrit Code Review 2.11.3
+# From Gerrit Code Review 3.6.1
 #
-# Part of Gerrit Code Review (http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/)
+# Part of Gerrit Code Review (https://www.gerritcodereview.com/)
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
 #
@@ -16,166 +16,66 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-
-unset GREP_OPTIONS
-
-CHANGE_ID_AFTER="Bug|Issue"
-MSG="$1"
-
-# Check for, and add if missing, a unique Change-Id
-#
-add_ChangeId() {
-	clean_message=`sed -e '
-		/^diff --git .*/{
-			s///
-			q
-		}
-		/^Signed-off-by:/d
-		/^#/d
-	' "$MSG" | git stripspace`
-	if test -z "$clean_message"
-	then
-		return
-	fi
-
-	if test "false" = "`git config --bool --get gerrit.createChangeId`"
-	then
-		return
-	fi
-
-	# Does Change-Id: already exist? if so, exit (no change).
-	if grep -i '^Change-Id:' "$MSG" >/dev/null
-	then
-		return
-	fi
-
-	id=`_gen_ChangeId`
-	T="$MSG.tmp.$$"
-	AWK=awk
-	if [ -x /usr/xpg4/bin/awk ]; then
-		# Solaris AWK is just too broken
-		AWK=/usr/xpg4/bin/awk
-	fi
-
-	# How this works:
-	# - parse the commit message as (textLine+ blankLine*)*
-	# - assume textLine+ to be a footer until proven otherwise
-	# - exception: the first block is not footer (as it is the title)
-	# - read textLine+ into a variable
-	# - then count blankLines
-	# - once the next textLine appears, print textLine+ blankLine* as these
-	#   aren't footer
-	# - in END, the last textLine+ block is available for footer parsing
-	$AWK '
-	BEGIN {
-		# while we start with the assumption that textLine+
-		# is a footer, the first block is not.
-		isFooter = 0
-		footerComment = 0
-		blankLines = 0
-	}
-
-	# Skip lines starting with "#" without any spaces before it.
-	/^#/ { next }
-
-	# Skip the line starting with the diff command and everything after it,
-	# up to the end of the file, assuming it is only patch data.
-	# If more than one line before the diff was empty, strip all but one.
-	/^diff --git / {
-		blankLines = 0
-		while (getline) { }
-		next
-	}
-
-	# Count blank lines outside footer comments
-	/^$/ && (footerComment == 0) {
-		blankLines++
-		next
-	}
-
-	# Catch footer comment
-	/^\[[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:/ && (isFooter == 1) {
-		footerComment = 1
-	}
-
-	/]$/ && (footerComment == 1) {
-		footerComment = 2
-	}
-
-	# We have a non-blank line after blank lines. Handle this.
-	(blankLines > 0) {
-		print lines
-		for (i = 0; i < blankLines; i++) {
-			print ""
-		}
-
-		lines = ""
-		blankLines = 0
-		isFooter = 1
-		footerComment = 0
-	}
-
-	# Detect that the current block is not the footer
-	(footerComment == 0) && (!/^\[?[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:/ || /^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:\/\//) {
-		isFooter = 0
-	}
-
-	{
-		# We need this information about the current last comment line
-		if (footerComment == 2) {
-			footerComment = 0
-		}
-		if (lines != "") {
-			lines = lines "\n";
-		}
-		lines = lines $0
-	}
-
-	# Footer handling:
-	# If the last block is considered a footer, splice in the Change-Id at the
-	# right place.
-	# Look for the right place to inject Change-Id by considering
-	# CHANGE_ID_AFTER. Keys listed in it (case insensitive) come first,
-	# then Change-Id, then everything else (eg. Signed-off-by:).
-	#
-	# Otherwise just print the last block, a new line and the Change-Id as a
-	# block of its own.
-	END {
-		unprinted = 1
-		if (isFooter == 0) {
-			print lines "\n"
-			lines = ""
-		}
-		changeIdAfter = "^(" tolower("'"$CHANGE_ID_AFTER"'") "):"
-		numlines = split(lines, footer, "\n")
-		for (line = 1; line <= numlines; line++) {
-			if (unprinted && match(tolower(footer[line]), changeIdAfter) != 1) {
-				unprinted = 0
-				print "Change-Id: I'"$id"'"
-			}
-			print footer[line]
-		}
-		if (unprinted) {
-			print "Change-Id: I'"$id"'"
-		}
-	}' "$MSG" > "$T" && mv "$T" "$MSG" || rm -f "$T"
-}
-_gen_ChangeIdInput() {
-	echo "tree `git write-tree`"
-	if parent=`git rev-parse "HEAD^0" 2>/dev/null`
-	then
-		echo "parent $parent"
-	fi
-	echo "author `git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT`"
-	echo "committer `git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT`"
-	echo
-	printf '%s' "$clean_message"
-}
-_gen_ChangeId() {
-	_gen_ChangeIdInput |
-	git hash-object -t commit --stdin
-}
-
 
-add_ChangeId
+set -u
+
+# avoid [[ which is not POSIX sh.
+if test "$#" != 1 ; then
+  echo "$0 requires an argument."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if test ! -f "$1" ; then
+  echo "file does not exist: $1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Do not create a change id if requested
+if test "false" = "$(git config --bool --get gerrit.createChangeId)" ; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  refhash="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+else
+  refhash="$(git hash-object -t tree /dev/null)"
+fi
+
+random=$({ git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT ; echo "$refhash" ; cat "$1"; } | git hash-object --stdin)
+dest="$1.tmp.${random}"
+
+trap 'rm -f "${dest}"' EXIT
+
+if ! git stripspace --strip-comments < "$1" > "${dest}" ; then
+   echo "cannot strip comments from $1"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if test ! -s "${dest}" ; then
+  echo "file is empty: $1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+reviewurl="$(git config --get gerrit.reviewUrl)"
+if test -n "${reviewurl}" ; then
+  if ! git interpret-trailers --parse < "$1" | grep -q '^Link:.*/id/I[0-9a-f]\{40\}$' ; then
+    if ! git interpret-trailers \
+          --trailer "Link: ${reviewurl%/}/id/I${random}" < "$1" > "${dest}" ; then
+      echo "cannot insert link footer in $1"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+else
+  # Avoid the --in-place option which only appeared in Git 2.8
+  # Avoid the --if-exists option which only appeared in Git 2.15
+  if ! git -c trailer.ifexists=doNothing interpret-trailers \
+        --trailer "Change-Id: I${random}" < "$1" > "${dest}" ; then
+    echo "cannot insert change-id line in $1"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if ! mv "${dest}" "$1" ; then
+  echo "cannot mv ${dest} to $1"
+  exit 1
+fi