[PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Trond Hasle Amundsen]

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Hello,

The included patch attempts to improve post-receive-email. It's a
trivial change, but one that helps us Gitolite users. Comments are
welcome, and this is my first attempt at contributing to the Git
project. Please keep me on CC as I'm not on the list.


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>From 878a7af9088e2bcc3afc9b09b9023f1f188c844b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 15:41:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

When getting the project description, we first try gitweb.description
entry in repo.git/config, but repo.git/description takes precedence if
it exists. This behaviour mimics that of Gitweb, and is what we want
when using Gitolite, which deletes repo.git/description upon repo
creation and rather maintains a gitweb.description entry in
repo.git/config if a description is configured.

Signed-off-by: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
---
 contrib/hooks/post-receive-email |    9 ++++++++-
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index 0e5b72d..6ce046a 100755
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -714,7 +714,14 @@ if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
+# Get the repo's description. First try gitweb.description entry in
+# repo.git/config, but repo.git/description takes precedence if it
+# exists. This behaviour mimics that of Gitweb.
+projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
+if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/description" ]; then
+        projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+
 # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
 # a more manageable length if it is
 if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
-- 
1.7.1


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Cheers,
-- 
Trond H. Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
Center for Information Technology Services, University of Oslo

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Trond Hasle Amundsen]

Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no> writes:

> The included patch attempts to improve post-receive-email. It's a
> trivial change, but one that helps us Gitolite users. Comments are
> welcome, and this is my first attempt at contributing to the Git
> project. Please keep me on CC as I'm not on the list.

Bah.. It seems I attached this as MIME, sorry about that. Here it is,
properly inlined this time:

>From 878a7af9088e2bcc3afc9b09b9023f1f188c844b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 15:41:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

When getting the project description, we first try gitweb.description
entry in repo.git/config, but repo.git/description takes precedence if
it exists. This behaviour mimics that of Gitweb, and is what we want
when using Gitolite, which deletes repo.git/description upon repo
creation and rather maintains a gitweb.description entry in
repo.git/config if a description is configured.

Signed-off-by: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
---
 contrib/hooks/post-receive-email |    9 ++++++++-
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index 0e5b72d..6ce046a 100755
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -714,7 +714,14 @@ if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
+# Get the repo's description. First try gitweb.description entry in
+# repo.git/config, but repo.git/description takes precedence if it
+# exists. This behaviour mimics that of Gitweb.
+projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
+if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/description" ]; then
+        projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+
 # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
 # a more manageable length if it is
 if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
-- 
1.7.1


Cheers,
-- 
Trond H. Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
Center for Information Technology Services, University of Oslo

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Junio C Hamano]

Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no> writes:

> Hello,
>
> The included patch attempts to improve post-receive-email. It's a

Please don't ;-)

Eh, actually, thanks for the patch.

But when you send a patch the next time around, please have the
above and the next three lines (i.e. "introductory text") _below_
the three-dash line.

> trivial change, but one that helps us Gitolite users. Comments are
> welcome, and this is my first attempt at contributing to the Git
> project. Please keep me on CC as I'm not on the list.

>
> From 878a7af9088e2bcc3afc9b09b9023f1f188c844b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 15:41:25 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

And remove these five lines above.  We will read the authorship and
subject from the e-mail header of your message.

>
> When getting the project description, we first try gitweb.description
> entry in repo.git/config, but repo.git/description takes precedence if
> it exists. This behaviour mimics that of Gitweb, and is what we want
> when using Gitolite, which deletes repo.git/description upon repo
> creation and rather maintains a gitweb.description entry in
> repo.git/config if a description is configured.
>
> Signed-off-by: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
> ---
>  contrib/hooks/post-receive-email |    9 ++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
> index 0e5b72d..6ce046a 100755
> --- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
> +++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
> @@ -714,7 +714,14 @@ if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
>  	exit 1
>  fi
>  
> -projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
> +# Get the repo's description. First try gitweb.description entry in
> +# repo.git/config, but repo.git/description takes precedence if it
> +# exists. This behaviour mimics that of Gitweb.
> +projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
> +if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/description" ]; then
> +        projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
> +fi
> +
>  # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
>  # a more manageable length if it is
>  if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null

If description file takes precedence, then the right order to do
this would be

    projectdesc=$(sed -ne 1p "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
    if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository" >/dev/null
    then
            : use it as is
    elif projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
    then
            : use it as is
    else
            projectdesc="UNNAMED PROJECT"
    fi

to avoid calling "git config" when it is not even necessary.

We can obviously shorten it by making it less readable, e.g.        

    projectdesc=$(sed -ne 1p "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)

    ! expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository" >/dev/null ||
    projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description) ||
    projectdesc="UNNAMED PROJECT"

but I do not think we want to go in that direction ;-)

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Matthieu Moy]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The included patch attempts to improve post-receive-email. It's a
>
> Please don't ;-)

More precisely: you should have a look at git-multimail (in directory
contrib/, in branch for now pu/, or from
https://github.com/mhagger/git-multimail) before spending time on
post-receive-email.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Trond Hasle Amundsen]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> But when you send a patch the next time around, please have the
> above and the next three lines (i.e. "introductory text") _below_
> the three-dash line.

Allright, noted.

>> From 878a7af9088e2bcc3afc9b09b9023f1f188c844b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
>> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 15:41:25 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config
>
> And remove these five lines above.  We will read the authorship and
> subject from the e-mail header of your message.

So many rules.. ;) Also noted.

>> +projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
>> +if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/description" ]; then
>> +        projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
>> +fi
>> +
>>  # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
>>  # a more manageable length if it is
>>  if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
>
> If description file takes precedence, then the right order to do
> this would be
>
>     projectdesc=$(sed -ne 1p "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
>     if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository" >/dev/null
>     then
>             : use it as is
>     elif projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
>     then
>             : use it as is
>     else
>             projectdesc="UNNAMED PROJECT"
>     fi
>
> to avoid calling "git config" when it is not even necessary.

That doesn't work, you'll always call "git config" unless the string
matches "Unnamed repository". If you negate the expr line it still
doesn't work. To avoid calling "git config" I'd rather suggest something
like this:

  projectdesc=$(sed -ne 1p "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
  if [ -z "$projectdesc" ]; then
          projectdesc=$(git config gitweb.description)
  fi

And let this block remain intact:

  if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
  then
          projectdesc="UNNAMED PROJECT"
  fi

The only change would then be the three added lines containing the if
block that calls "git config" if the "projectdesc" variable is
empty. The idea is just to get the description from config if the
description file doesn't exist.

Just curious.. why would we avoid calling "git config" unless necessary?

Regards,
-- 
Trond H. Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
Center for Information Technology Services, University of Oslo

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Trond Hasle Amundsen]

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

>>> The included patch attempts to improve post-receive-email. It's a
>>
>> Please don't ;-)
>
> More precisely: you should have a look at git-multimail (in directory
> contrib/, in branch for now pu/, or from
> https://github.com/mhagger/git-multimail) before spending time on
> post-receive-email.

Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out. I used post-receive-email out of
convenience, as it was already there.

Regards,
-- 
Trond H. Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@usit.uio.no>
Center for Information Technology Services, University of Oslo

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Junio C Hamano]

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> More precisely: you should have a look at git-multimail (in directory
> contrib/, in branch for now pu/, or from
> https://github.com/mhagger/git-multimail) before spending time on
> post-receive-email.

Oh, by the way, is this a vote of confidence in that topic, hinting
that we would want to advance it to 'next'?

As it is only adding a new script to contrib/, it could be argued
that we could even push it to 1.8.3-rc1, but until I hear from the
original author (who will be the champion for that corner of the
contrib/ area), I wouldn't do so.

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Michael Haggerty]

On 05/07/2013 08:36 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
> 
>> More precisely: you should have a look at git-multimail (in directory
>> contrib/, in branch for now pu/, or from
>> https://github.com/mhagger/git-multimail) before spending time on
>> post-receive-email.
> 
> Oh, by the way, is this a vote of confidence in that topic, hinting
> that we would want to advance it to 'next'?
> 
> As it is only adding a new script to contrib/, it could be argued
> that we could even push it to 1.8.3-rc1, but until I hear from the
> original author (who will be the champion for that corner of the
> contrib/ area), I wouldn't do so.

My understanding is that we are waiting on two things:

1. Consensus from the community.  I would characterize the feedback on
the mailing list as limited in quantity but strongly positive [1-4] and
I think that most/all of the wishes for post-receive-email features that
were originally omitted from git-multimail have been implemented in the
current version.  Some of the mailing list feedback was about earlier
versions.  Do you want people to give feedback specifically about the
current version?

2. For me to figure out what part of the git-multimail history I think
should be included in the Git project, do any necessary repository
rewriting, and submit a pull request to you.  The fact that I haven't
gotten to this is due to the fact that I've been busy getting git-imerge
[5] ready to present at GitMerge.

Michael

[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/209168
(Branchaud)
[2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/214941
(Bjarmason)
[3] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/214987
(Hiestand)
[4] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/216705 (Moy)
[5] https://github.com/mhagger/git-imerge

-- 
Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu
http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Matthieu Moy]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>
>> More precisely: you should have a look at git-multimail (in directory
>> contrib/, in branch for now pu/, or from
>> https://github.com/mhagger/git-multimail) before spending time on
>> post-receive-email.
>
> Oh, by the way, is this a vote of confidence in that topic, hinting
> that we would want to advance it to 'next'?

I definitely would like to see git-multimail in contrib/, and to have it
considered as "the recommended way to send emails from a hook". It does
all the old script did, and much more.

post-receive-email can stay for people who don't have Python on their
servers, or for existing users who don't want to migrate.

My preference would go for a subtree merge to keep the existing history
(that would mean extracting a subdirectory of git-multimail's tree
before merging it to git.git).

> As it is only adding a new script to contrib/, it could be argued
> that we could even push it to 1.8.3-rc1,

OTOH, it's not urgent, people can already use git-multimail by taking it
from GitHub.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Junio C Hamano]

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> OTOH, it's not urgent, people can already use git-multimail by taking it
> from GitHub.

Yes.  There are less and less reason to rush things into contrib/
these days, which is a very good thing from ecosystem's point of
view.  It is a sign that Git has matured that my tree no longer has
to be the promotion place for third-party add-ons.

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Junio C Hamano]

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> My understanding is that we are waiting on two things:
>
> 1. Consensus from the community.  I would characterize the feedback on
> the mailing list as limited in quantity but strongly positive [1-4] and
> I think that most/all of the wishes for post-receive-email features that
> were originally omitted from git-multimail have been implemented in the
> current version.  Some of the mailing list feedback was about earlier
> versions.  Do you want people to give feedback specifically about the
> current version?
>
> 2. For me to figure out what part of the git-multimail history I think
> should be included in the Git project, do any necessary repository
> rewriting, and submit a pull request to you.

Both are intertwined.

I was looking at the history of your project at GitHub.  I got an
impression that it is better to evolve as a standalone project with
its own rich history, and the longer I looked at it, the more
convinced I got that I shouldn't pull history from you.

As "batteries included" service for the end users, it may be
convenient to have a copy of a stable release of the script in the
contrib/ area, but I do not think if it is the best for the script
to further develop it in my tree.  I'd be just an unnecessary
bottleneck.

I have a mildly strong suspicion that a better approach might be to:

 - Copy the current stable snapshot to the contrib/ area, but mark
   it clearly that the copy is merely for convenience, meant for end
   users who choose not to pull from your authoritative GitHub
   repository, and the real development happens elsewhere;

 - Keep the development at your GitHub repository, with you as the
   project lead.  People who are interested in evolving it gather
   and work there; and

 - Update what is in contrib/ in my tree with a stable snapshot,
   every once in a while (close to the release points of Git project
   or of MultiMail project).

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Matthieu Moy]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> I have a mildly strong suspicion that a better approach might be to:
>
>  - Copy the current stable snapshot to the contrib/ area, [...]
>
>  - Keep the development at your GitHub repository, [...]
>
>  - Update what is in contrib/ in my tree with a stable snapshot,
>    every once in a while [...]

I think this is not very different from

- merge the current version in the contrib/ area

- keep the development at the GitHub repository

- merge the GitHub repository into the git.git once in a while

(which is essentially what happens with gitk and git-gui as far as I
understood)

I tend to prefer the "merge" approach to the "copy files from one repo
to another", even if git_multimail is never edited directly from
git.git. I find it conceptually cleaner, and it gives a bit more
flexibility (e.g. if someone accidentally commits in git.git's
repository, the commit would also be valid wrt git_multimail's GitHub
repo, and can serve as a pull request).

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Junio C Hamano]

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> My understanding is that we are waiting on two things:
>
> 1. Consensus from the community.  I would characterize the feedback on
> the mailing list as limited in quantity but strongly positive [1-4] and
> I think that most/all of the wishes for post-receive-email features that
> were originally omitted from git-multimail have been implemented in the
> current version.  Some of the mailing list feedback was about earlier
> versions.  Do you want people to give feedback specifically about the
> current version?
>
> 2. For me to figure out what part of the git-multimail history I think
> should be included in the Git project, do any necessary repository
> rewriting, and submit a pull request to you.  The fact that I haven't
> gotten to this is due to the fact that I've been busy getting git-imerge
> [5] ready to present at GitMerge.

Ping, now GitMerge is over?

No need to hurry, but just to make sure this didn't disappear from
everybody's radar.

Thanks.

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Michael Haggerty]

On 07/01/2013 11:58 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> 
>> My understanding is that we are waiting on two things:
>>
>> 1. Consensus from the community.  I would characterize the feedback on
>> the mailing list as limited in quantity but strongly positive [1-4] and
>> I think that most/all of the wishes for post-receive-email features that
>> were originally omitted from git-multimail have been implemented in the
>> current version.  Some of the mailing list feedback was about earlier
>> versions.  Do you want people to give feedback specifically about the
>> current version?
>>
>> 2. For me to figure out what part of the git-multimail history I think
>> should be included in the Git project, do any necessary repository
>> rewriting, and submit a pull request to you.  The fact that I haven't
>> gotten to this is due to the fact that I've been busy getting git-imerge
>> [5] ready to present at GitMerge.
> 
> Ping, now GitMerge is over?

Yes, and its reverberations are slowly getting under control, too :-)

> No need to hurry, but just to make sure this didn't disappear from
> everybody's radar.

I definitely haven't forgotten it.  I wasn't so happy with the script's
Python API, and was holding off on the final submission to avoid casting
the old way in stone.  But I finally had some time over the last two
weekends to convert to what I think is a more sensible system [1].  (I
also improved the test coverage considerably.)

Feedback would be very welcome, especially from people who have tried
out the old Python API.  I am even willing to personally help people
adapt to the new API, as it would help me verify that real-life
customizations are now indeed easier.  (Ævar, any news?)

This week I want to convert $WORK to the new version; after that I would
feel comfortable submitting to Git contrib.

(By the way, the changes don't affect how the script can be configured
via "git config" settings, or its backwards compatibility with
post-receive-email.  The improvements are all to the Python API.)

I have a logistical question: git-multimail doesn't have its own mailing
list, and GitHub doesn't offer one.  I was thinking about setting up a
Google group, but a few people at GitMerge suggested that I instead
direct discussion of git-multimail to the main Git mailing list.  I
would slightly prefer that, but I would first like to make sure that the
extra traffic (probably not much) would be welcome on the Git mailing list.

Michael

[1] "master" branch at https://github.com/mhagger/git-multimail

-- 
Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu
http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/

Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: get description from repo.git/config

[Junio C Hamano]

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> I have a logistical question: git-multimail doesn't have its own mailing
> list, and GitHub doesn't offer one.  I was thinking about setting up a
> Google group, but a few people at GitMerge suggested that I instead
> direct discussion of git-multimail to the main Git mailing list.  I
> would slightly prefer that, but I would first like to make sure that the
> extra traffic (probably not much) would be welcome on the Git mailing list.

I think we shouldn't be worried about the "cluttering" too much
before we start.  If the volume is too small, the messages relating
to multimail may be drawfed by other traffic, but that is the same
for messages relating to any other parts of the system.

It only becomes a problem if the volume on multimail is too large
but most of the list readers are not interested in them. I somehow
find it hard to imagine that will happen soon.