Go back to using flat files for locking but keep them in the repo-specific GIT_DIR.

[git-central.git] / server / post-receive-email

diff --git a/server/post-receive-email b/server/post-receive-email
index 1fdecc8..629fb6c 100755 (executable)
--- a/server/post-receive-email
+++ b/server/post-receive-email
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2007 Andy Parkins
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Stephen Haberman
 #
-# An example hook script to mail out commit update information.  This hook
-# sends emails listing new revisions to the repository introduced by the
-# change being reported.  The rule is that (for branch updates) each commit
+# This hook sends emails listing new revisions to the repository introduced by
+# the change being reported. The rule is that (for branch updates) each commit
 # will appear on one email and one email only.
 #
-# This hook is stored in the contrib/hooks directory.  Your distribution
-# will have put this somewhere standard.  You should make this script
-# executable then link to it in the repository you would like to use it in.
-# For example, on debian the hook is stored in
-# /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email:
-#
-#  chmod a+x post-receive-email
-#  cd /path/to/your/repository.git
-#  ln -sf /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email hooks/post-receive
-#
 # This hook script assumes it is enabled on the central repository of a
 # project, with all users pushing only to it and not between each other.  It
 # will still work if you don't operate in that style, but it would become
@@ -37,6 +27,9 @@
 #   sender address to be set
 # hooks.post-receive-email.sendmail
 #   The path to sendmail, e.g. /usr/sbin/sendmail or /bin/msmtp
+# USER_EMAIL
+#   Environment variable that should be set by your repository-specific
+#   post-receive hook. E.g. export USER_EMAIL=${USER}@example.com
 #
 # Notes
 # -----
@@ -487,3 +480,4 @@ else
                fi
        done
 fi
+