Continuum Release scm comment prefix needs to insert whitespace on all commit messages

Continuum does not insert whitespace between the entered text and the default message.

i.e. in the commit messages:
SAMPLEPROJprepare release sample-1.0
SAMPLEPROJ copy for tag sample-1.0
SAMPLEPROJprepare for next development iteration

the system is unable to parse the issue ID from the first commit, and the pre-commit hook rejects the commit, failing the release.

there's a workaround for now and that is to include additional whitespace and/or special characters in the 'SCM Comment Prefix' field.