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diff --git a/contrib/hooks/multimail/README.migrate-from-post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/multimail/README.migrate-from-post-receive-email deleted file mode 100644 index 1e6a976699..0000000000 --- a/contrib/hooks/multimail/README.migrate-from-post-receive-email +++ /dev/null @@ -1,145 +0,0 @@ -git-multimail is close to, but not exactly, a plug-in replacement for -the old Git project script contrib/hooks/post-receive-email. This -document describes the differences and explains how to configure -git-multimail to get behavior closest to that of post-receive-email. - -If you are in a hurry -===================== - -A script called migrate-mailhook-config is included with -git-multimail. If you run this script within a Git repository that is -configured to use post-receive-email, it will convert the -configuration settings into the approximate equivalent settings for -git-multimail. For more information, run - - migrate-mailhook-config --help - - -Configuration differences -========================= - -* The names of the config options for git-multimail are in namespace - "multimailhook.*" instead of "hooks.*". (Editorial comment: - post-receive-email should never have used such a generic top-level - namespace.) - -* In emails about new annotated tags, post-receive-email includes a - shortlog of all changes since the previous annotated tag. To get - this behavior with git-multimail, you need to set - multimailhook.announceshortlog to true: - - git config multimailhook.announceshortlog true - -* multimailhook.commitlist -- This is a new configuration variable. - Recipients listed here will receive a separate email for each new - commit. However, if this variable is *not* set, it defaults to the - value of multimailhook.mailinglist. Therefore, if you *don't* want - the members of multimailhook.mailinglist to receive one email per - commit, then set this value to the empty string: - - git config multimailhook.commitlist '' - -* multimailhook.emailprefix -- If this value is not set, then the - subjects of generated emails are prefixed with the short name of the - repository enclosed in square brackets; e.g., "[myrepo]". - post-receive-email defaults to prefix "[SCM]" if this option is not - set. So if you were using the old default and want to retain it - (for example, to avoid having to change your email filters), set - this variable explicitly to the old value: - - git config multimailhook.emailprefix "[SCM]" - -* The "multimailhook.showrev" configuration option is not supported. - Its main use is obsoleted by the one-email-per-commit feature of - git-multimail. - - -Other differences -================= - -This section describes other differences in the behavior of -git-multimail vs. post-receive-email. For full details, please refer -to the main README file: - -* One email per commit. For each reference change, the script first - outputs one email summarizing the reference change (including - one-line summaries of the new commits), then it outputs a separate - email for each new commit that was introduced, including patches. - These one-email-per-commit emails go to the addresses listed in - multimailhook.commitlist. post-receive-email sends only one email - for each *reference* that is changed, no matter how many commits - were added to the reference. - -* Better algorithm for detecting new commits. post-receive-email - processes one reference change at a time, which causes it to fail to - describe new commits that were included in multiple branches. For - example, if a single push adds the "*" commits in the diagram below, - then post-receive-email would never include the details of the two - commits that are common to "master" and "branch" in its - notifications. - - o---o---o---*---*---* <-- master - \ - *---* <-- branch - - git-multimail analyzes all reference modifications to determine - which commits were not present before the change, therefore avoiding - that error. - -* In reference change emails, git-multimail tells which commits have - been added to the reference vs. are entirely new to the repository, - and which commits that have been omitted from the reference - vs. entirely discarded from the repository. - -* The environment in which Git is running can be configured via an - "Environment" abstraction. - -* Built-in support for Gitolite-managed repositories. - -* Instead of using full SHA1 object names in emails, git-multimail - mostly uses abbreviated SHA1s, plus one-line log message summaries - where appropriate. - -* In the schematic diagrams that explain non-fast-forward commits, - git-multimail shows the names of the branches involved. - -* The emails generated by git-multimail include the name of the Git - repository that was modified; this is convenient for recipients who - are monitoring multiple repositories. - -* git-multimail allows the email "From" addresses to be configured. - -* The recipients lists (multimailhook.mailinglist, - multimailhook.refchangelist, multimailhook.announcelist, and - multimailhook.commitlist) can be comma-separated values and/or - multivalued settings in the config file; e.g., - - [multimailhook] - mailinglist = mr.brown@example.com, mr.black@example.com - announcelist = Him <him@example.com> - announcelist = Jim <jim@example.com> - announcelist = pop@example.com - - This might make it easier to maintain short recipients lists without - requiring full-fledged mailing list software. - -* By default, git-multimail sets email "Reply-To" headers to reply to - the pusher (for reference updates) and to the author (for commit - notifications). By default, the pusher's email address is - constructed by appending "multimailhook.emaildomain" to the pusher's - username. - -* The generated emails contain a configurable footer. By default, it - lists the name of the administrator who should be contacted to - unsubscribe from notification emails. - -* New option multimailhook.emailmaxlinelength to limit the length of - lines in the main part of the email body. The default limit is 500 - characters. - -* New option multimailhook.emailstrictutf8 to ensure that the main - part of the email body is valid UTF-8. Invalid characters are - turned into the Unicode replacement character, U+FFFD. By default - this option is turned on. - -* Written in Python. Easier to add new features. |