3 # Copyright (c) 2007 Andy Parkins
5 # An example hook script to mail out commit update information. This hook
6 # sends emails listing new revisions to the repository introduced by the
7 # change being reported. The rule is that (for branch updates) each commit
8 # will appear on one email and one email only.
10 # This hook is stored in the contrib/hooks directory. Your distribution
11 # will have put this somewhere standard. You should make this script
12 # executable then link to it in the repository you would like to use it in.
13 # For example, on debian the hook is stored in
14 # /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email:
16 # chmod a+x post-receive-email
17 # cd /path/to/your/repository.git
18 # ln -sf /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email hooks/post-receive
20 # This hook script assumes it is enabled on the central repository of a
21 # project, with all users pushing only to it and not between each other. It
22 # will still work if you don't operate in that style, but it would become
23 # possible for the email to be from someone other than the person doing the
26 # To help with debugging and use on pre-v1.5.1 git servers, this script will
27 # also obey the interface of hooks/update, taking its arguments on the
28 # command line. Unfortunately, hooks/update is called once for each ref.
29 # To avoid firing one email per ref, this script just prints its output to
30 # the screen when used in this mode. The output can then be redirected if
36 # This is the list that all pushes will go to; leave it blank to not send
37 # emails for every ref update.
39 # This is the list that all pushes of annotated tags will go to. Leave it
40 # blank to default to the mailinglist field. The announce emails lists
41 # the short log summary of the changes since the last annotated tag.
42 # hooks.envelopesender
43 # If set then the -f option is passed to sendmail to allow the envelope
44 # sender address to be set
46 # All emails have their subjects prefixed with this prefix, or "[SCM]"
47 # if emailprefix is unset, to aid filtering
49 # The shell command used to format each revision in the email, with
50 # "%s" replaced with the commit id. Defaults to "git rev-list -1
51 # --pretty %s", displaying the commit id, author, date and log
52 # message. To list full patches separated by a blank line, you
53 # could set this to "git show -C %s; echo".
54 # To list a gitweb/cgit URL *and* a full patch for each change set, use this:
55 # "t=%s; printf 'http://.../?id=%%s' \$t; echo;echo; git show -C \$t; echo"
56 # Be careful if "..." contains things that will be expanded by shell "eval"
59 # The maximum number of lines that should be included in the generated
60 # email body. If not specified, there is no limit.
61 # Lines beyond the limit are suppressed and counted, and a final
62 # line is added indicating the number of suppressed lines.
64 # Alternate options for the git diff-tree invocation that shows changes.
65 # Default is "--stat --summary --find-copies-harder". Add -p to those
66 # options to include a unified diff of changes in addition to the usual
71 # All emails include the headers "X-Git-Refname", "X-Git-Oldrev",
72 # "X-Git-Newrev", and "X-Git-Reftype" to enable fine tuned filtering and
73 # give information for debugging.
76 # ---------------------------- Functions
79 # Function to prepare for email generation. This decides what type
80 # of update this is and whether an email should even be generated.
85 oldrev=$(git rev-parse $1)
86 newrev=$(git rev-parse $2)
93 if expr "$oldrev" : '0*$' >/dev/null
97 if expr "$newrev" : '0*$' >/dev/null
105 # --- Get the revision types
106 newrev_type=$(git cat-file -t $newrev 2> /dev/null)
107 oldrev_type=$(git cat-file -t "$oldrev" 2> /dev/null)
108 case "$change_type" in
111 rev_type="$newrev_type"
115 rev_type="$oldrev_type"
119 # The revision type tells us what type the commit is, combined with
120 # the location of the ref we can decide between
125 case "$refname","$rev_type" in
129 short_refname=${refname##refs/tags/}
133 refname_type="annotated tag"
134 short_refname=${refname##refs/tags/}
136 if [ -n "$announcerecipients" ]; then
137 recipients="$announcerecipients"
142 refname_type="branch"
143 short_refname=${refname##refs/heads/}
145 refs/remotes/*,commit)
147 refname_type="tracking branch"
148 short_refname=${refname##refs/remotes/}
149 echo >&2 "*** Push-update of tracking branch, $refname"
150 echo >&2 "*** - no email generated."
154 # Anything else (is there anything else?)
155 echo >&2 "*** Unknown type of update to $refname ($rev_type)"
156 echo >&2 "*** - no email generated"
161 # Check if we've got anyone to send to
162 if [ -z "$recipients" ]; then
163 case "$refname_type" in
165 config_name="hooks.announcelist"
168 config_name="hooks.mailinglist"
171 echo >&2 "*** $config_name is not set so no email will be sent"
172 echo >&2 "*** for $refname update $oldrev->$newrev"
180 # Top level email generation function. This calls the appropriate
181 # body-generation routine after outputting the common header.
183 # Note this function doesn't actually generate any email output, that is
184 # taken care of by the functions it calls:
185 # - generate_email_header
186 # - generate_create_XXXX_email
187 # - generate_update_XXXX_email
188 # - generate_delete_XXXX_email
189 # - generate_email_footer
191 # Note also that this function cannot 'exit' from the script; when this
192 # function is running (in hook script mode), the send_mail() function
193 # is already executing in another process, connected via a pipe, and
194 # if this function exits without, whatever has been generated to that
195 # point will be sent as an email... even if nothing has been generated.
200 # The email subject will contain the best description of the ref
201 # that we can build from the parameters
202 describe=$(git describe $rev 2>/dev/null)
203 if [ -z "$describe" ]; then
207 generate_email_header
209 # Call the correct body generation function
211 case "$refname_type" in
212 "tracking branch"|branch)
220 if [ -z "$maxlines" ]; then
221 generate_${change_type}_${fn_name}_email
223 generate_${change_type}_${fn_name}_email | limit_lines $maxlines
226 generate_email_footer
229 generate_email_header()
231 # --- Email (all stdout will be the email)
235 Subject: ${emailprefix}$projectdesc $refname_type $short_refname ${change_type}d. $describe
236 X-Git-Refname: $refname
237 X-Git-Reftype: $refname_type
238 X-Git-Oldrev: $oldrev
239 X-Git-Newrev: $newrev
241 This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was
242 generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing
243 the project "$projectdesc".
245 The $refname_type, $short_refname has been ${change_type}d
249 generate_email_footer()
261 # --------------- Branches
264 # Called for the creation of a branch
266 generate_create_branch_email()
268 # This is a new branch and so oldrev is not valid
269 echo " at $newrev ($newrev_type)"
278 # Called for the change of a pre-existing branch
280 generate_update_branch_email()
283 # 1 --- 2 --- O --- X --- 3 --- 4 --- N
285 # O is $oldrev for $refname
286 # N is $newrev for $refname
287 # X is a revision pointed to by some other ref, for which we may
288 # assume that an email has already been generated.
289 # In this case we want to issue an email containing only revisions
290 # 3, 4, and N. Given (almost) by
292 # git rev-list N ^O --not --all
294 # The reason for the "almost", is that the "--not --all" will take
295 # precedence over the "N", and effectively will translate to
297 # git rev-list N ^O ^X ^N
299 # So, we need to build up the list more carefully. git rev-parse
300 # will generate a list of revs that may be fed into git rev-list.
301 # We can get it to make the "--not --all" part and then filter out
304 # git rev-parse --not --all | grep -v N
306 # Then, using the --stdin switch to git rev-list we have effectively
309 # git rev-list N ^O ^X
311 # This leaves a problem when someone else updates the repository
312 # while this script is running. Their new value of the ref we're
313 # working on would be included in the "--not --all" output; and as
314 # our $newrev would be an ancestor of that commit, it would exclude
315 # all of our commits. What we really want is to exclude the current
316 # value of $refname from the --not list, rather than N itself. So:
318 # git rev-parse --not --all | grep -v $(git rev-parse $refname)
320 # Get's us to something pretty safe (apart from the small time
321 # between refname being read, and git rev-parse running - for that,
325 # Next problem, consider this:
326 # * --- B --- * --- O ($oldrev)
328 # * --- X --- * --- N ($newrev)
330 # That is to say, there is no guarantee that oldrev is a strict
331 # subset of newrev (it would have required a --force, but that's
332 # allowed). So, we can't simply say rev-list $oldrev..$newrev.
333 # Instead we find the common base of the two revs and list from
336 # As above, we need to take into account the presence of X; if
337 # another branch is already in the repository and points at some of
338 # the revisions that we are about to output - we don't want them.
339 # The solution is as before: git rev-parse output filtered.
341 # Finally, tags: 1 --- 2 --- O --- T --- 3 --- 4 --- N
343 # Tags pushed into the repository generate nice shortlog emails that
344 # summarise the commits between them and the previous tag. However,
345 # those emails don't include the full commit messages that we output
346 # for a branch update. Therefore we still want to output revisions
347 # that have been output on a tag email.
349 # Luckily, git rev-parse includes just the tool. Instead of using
350 # "--all" we use "--branches"; this has the added benefit that
351 # "remotes/" will be ignored as well.
353 # List all of the revisions that were removed by this update, in a
354 # fast-forward update, this list will be empty, because rev-list O
355 # ^N is empty. For a non-fast-forward, O ^N is the list of removed
359 for rev in $(git rev-list $newrev..$oldrev)
361 revtype=$(git cat-file -t "$rev")
362 echo " discards $rev ($revtype)"
364 if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
368 # List all the revisions from baserev to newrev in a kind of
369 # "table-of-contents"; note this list can include revisions that
370 # have already had notification emails and is present to show the
371 # full detail of the change from rolling back the old revision to
372 # the base revision and then forward to the new revision
373 for rev in $(git rev-list $oldrev..$newrev)
375 revtype=$(git cat-file -t "$rev")
376 echo " via $rev ($revtype)"
379 if [ "$fast_forward" ]; then
380 echo " from $oldrev ($oldrev_type)"
382 # 1. Existing revisions were removed. In this case newrev
383 # is a subset of oldrev - this is the reverse of a
384 # fast-forward, a rewind
385 # 2. New revisions were added on top of an old revision,
386 # this is a rewind and addition.
388 # (1) certainly happened, (2) possibly. When (2) hasn't
389 # happened, we set a flag to indicate that no log printout
394 # Find the common ancestor of the old and new revisions and
395 # compare it with newrev
396 baserev=$(git merge-base $oldrev $newrev)
398 if [ "$baserev" = "$newrev" ]; then
399 echo "This update discarded existing revisions and left the branch pointing at"
400 echo "a previous point in the repository history."
402 echo " * -- * -- N ($newrev)"
404 echo " O -- O -- O ($oldrev)"
406 echo "The removed revisions are not necessarily gone - if another reference"
407 echo "still refers to them they will stay in the repository."
410 echo "This update added new revisions after undoing existing revisions. That is"
411 echo "to say, the old revision is not a strict subset of the new revision. This"
412 echo "situation occurs when you --force push a change and generate a repository"
413 echo "containing something like this:"
415 echo " * -- * -- B -- O -- O -- O ($oldrev)"
417 echo " N -- N -- N ($newrev)"
419 echo "When this happens we assume that you've already had alert emails for all"
420 echo "of the O revisions, and so we here report only the revisions in the N"
421 echo "branch from the common base, B."
426 if [ -z "$rewind_only" ]; then
427 echo "Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have"
428 echo "not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those"
429 echo "revisions in full, below."
435 # XXX: Need a way of detecting whether git rev-list actually
436 # outputted anything, so that we can issue a "no new
437 # revisions added by this update" message
441 echo "No new revisions were added by this update."
444 # The diffstat is shown from the old revision to the new revision.
445 # This is to show the truth of what happened in this change.
446 # There's no point showing the stat from the base to the new
447 # revision because the base is effectively a random revision at this
448 # point - the user will be interested in what this revision changed
449 # - including the undoing of previous revisions in the case of
450 # non-fast-forward updates.
452 echo "Summary of changes:"
453 git diff-tree $diffopts $oldrev..$newrev
457 # Called for the deletion of a branch
459 generate_delete_branch_email()
464 git show -s --pretty=oneline $oldrev
468 # --------------- Annotated tags
471 # Called for the creation of an annotated tag
473 generate_create_atag_email()
475 echo " at $newrev ($newrev_type)"
481 # Called for the update of an annotated tag (this is probably a rare event
482 # and may not even be allowed)
484 generate_update_atag_email()
486 echo " to $newrev ($newrev_type)"
487 echo " from $oldrev (which is now obsolete)"
493 # Called when an annotated tag is created or changed
495 generate_atag_email()
497 # Use git for-each-ref to pull out the individual fields from the
499 eval $(git for-each-ref --shell --format='
500 tagobject=%(*objectname)
501 tagtype=%(*objecttype)
503 tagged=%(taggerdate)' $refname
506 echo " tagging $tagobject ($tagtype)"
510 # If the tagged object is a commit, then we assume this is a
511 # release, and so we calculate which tag this tag is
513 prevtag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 $newrev^ 2>/dev/null)
515 if [ -n "$prevtag" ]; then
516 echo " replaces $prevtag"
520 echo " length $(git cat-file -s $tagobject) bytes"
523 echo " tagged by $tagger"
529 # Show the content of the tag message; this might contain a change
530 # log or release notes so is worth displaying.
531 git cat-file tag $newrev | sed -e '1,/^$/d'
536 # Only commit tags make sense to have rev-list operations
538 if [ -n "$prevtag" ]; then
539 # Show changes since the previous release
540 git rev-list --pretty=short "$prevtag..$newrev" | git shortlog
542 # No previous tag, show all the changes since time
544 git rev-list --pretty=short $newrev | git shortlog
548 # XXX: Is there anything useful we can do for non-commit
557 # Called for the deletion of an annotated tag
559 generate_delete_atag_email()
564 git show -s --pretty=oneline $oldrev
568 # --------------- General references
571 # Called when any other type of reference is created (most likely a
574 generate_create_general_email()
576 echo " at $newrev ($newrev_type)"
578 generate_general_email
582 # Called when any other type of reference is updated (most likely a
585 generate_update_general_email()
587 echo " to $newrev ($newrev_type)"
590 generate_general_email
594 # Called for creation or update of any other type of reference
596 generate_general_email()
598 # Unannotated tags are more about marking a point than releasing a
599 # version; therefore we don't do the shortlog summary that we do for
600 # annotated tags above - we simply show that the point has been
601 # marked, and print the log message for the marked point for
604 # Note this section also catches any other reference type (although
605 # there aren't any) and deals with them in the same way.
608 if [ "$newrev_type" = "commit" ]; then
610 git show --no-color --root -s --pretty=medium $newrev
613 # What can we do here? The tag marks an object that is not
614 # a commit, so there is no log for us to display. It's
615 # probably not wise to output git cat-file as it could be a
616 # binary blob. We'll just say how big it is
617 echo "$newrev is a $newrev_type, and is $(git cat-file -s $newrev) bytes long."
622 # Called for the deletion of any other type of reference
624 generate_delete_general_email()
629 git show -s --pretty=oneline $oldrev
634 # --------------- Miscellaneous utilities
637 # Show new revisions as the user would like to see them in the email.
641 # This shows all log entries that are not already covered by
642 # another ref - i.e. commits that are now accessible from this
643 # ref that were previously not accessible
644 # (see generate_update_branch_email for the explanation of this
647 # Revision range passed to rev-list differs for new vs. updated
649 if [ "$change_type" = create ]
651 # Show all revisions exclusive to this (new) branch.
654 # Branch update; show revisions not part of $oldrev.
655 revspec=$oldrev..$newrev
658 other_branches=$(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/heads/ |
660 git rev-parse --not $other_branches |
661 if [ -z "$custom_showrev" ]
663 git rev-list --pretty --stdin $revspec
665 git rev-list --stdin $revspec |
668 eval $(printf "$custom_showrev" $onerev)
678 while IFS="" read -r line; do
680 if [ $lines -gt $1 ]; then
681 skipped=$((skipped + 1))
683 printf "%s\n" "$line"
686 if [ $skipped -ne 0 ]; then
687 echo "... $skipped lines suppressed ..."
694 if [ -n "$envelopesender" ]; then
695 /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f "$envelopesender"
697 /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
701 # ---------------------------- main()
704 LOGBEGIN="- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------"
705 LOGEND="-----------------------------------------------------------------------"
708 # Set GIT_DIR either from the working directory, or from the environment
710 GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null)
711 if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
712 echo >&2 "fatal: post-receive: GIT_DIR not set"
716 projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
717 # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
718 # a more manageable length if it is
719 if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
721 projectdesc="UNNAMED PROJECT"
724 recipients=$(git config hooks.mailinglist)
725 announcerecipients=$(git config hooks.announcelist)
726 envelopesender=$(git config hooks.envelopesender)
727 emailprefix=$(git config hooks.emailprefix || echo '[SCM] ')
728 custom_showrev=$(git config hooks.showrev)
729 maxlines=$(git config hooks.emailmaxlines)
730 diffopts=$(git config hooks.diffopts)
731 : ${diffopts:="--stat --summary --find-copies-harder"}
734 # Allow dual mode: run from the command line just like the update hook, or
735 # if no arguments are given then run as a hook script
736 if [ -n "$1" -a -n "$2" -a -n "$3" ]; then
737 # Output to the terminal in command line mode - if someone wanted to
738 # resend an email; they could redirect the output to sendmail
740 prep_for_email $2 $3 $1 && PAGER= generate_email
742 while read oldrev newrev refname
744 prep_for_email $oldrev $newrev $refname || continue
745 generate_email $maxlines | send_mail