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author | Vincent Ambo <Vincent Ambo> | 2020-01-11T23·36+0000 |
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committer | Vincent Ambo <Vincent Ambo> | 2020-01-11T23·40+0000 |
commit | 7ef0d62730840ded097b524104cc0a0904591a63 (patch) | |
tree | a670f96103667aeca4789a95d94ca0dff550c4ce /third_party/git/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst | |
parent | 6a2a3007077818e24a3d56fc492ada9206a10cf0 (diff) | |
parent | 1b593e1ea4d2af0f6444d9a7788d5d99abd6fde5 (diff) |
merge(third_party/git): Merge squashed git subtree at v2.23.0 r/373
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diff --git a/third_party/git/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst b/third_party/git/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..651b509ee66c --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/git/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +Troubleshooting issues with git-multimail: a FAQ +================================================ + +How to check that git-multimail is properly set up? +--------------------------------------------------- + +Since version 1.4.0, git-multimail allows a simple self-checking of +its configuration: run it with the environment variable +``GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP`` set to a non-empty string. You should +get something like this:: + + $ GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP=true /home/moy/dev/git-multimail/git-multimail/git_multimail.py + Environment values: + administrator : 'the administrator of this repository' + charset : 'utf-8' + emailprefix : '[git-multimail] ' + fqdn : 'anie' + projectdesc : 'UNNAMED PROJECT' + pusher : 'moy' + repo_path : '/home/moy/dev/git-multimail' + repo_shortname : 'git-multimail' + + Now, checking that git-multimail's standard input is properly set ... + Please type some text and then press Return + foo + You have just entered: + foo + git-multimail seems properly set up. + +If you forgot to set an important variable, you may get instead:: + + $ GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP=true /home/moy/dev/git-multimail/git-multimail/git_multimail.py + No email recipients configured! + +Do not set ``$GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP`` other than for testing your +configuration: it would disable the hook completely. + +Git is not using the right address in the From/To/Reply-To field +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +First, make sure that git-multimail actually uses what you think it is +using. A lot happens to your email (especially when posting to a +mailing-list) between the time `git_multimail.py` sends it and the +time it reaches your inbox. + +A simple test (to do on a test repository, do not use in production as +it would disable email sending): change your post-receive hook to call +`git_multimail.py` with the `--stdout` option, and try to push to the +repository. You should see something like:: + + Counting objects: 3, done. + Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 263 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done. + Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) + remote: Sending notification emails to: foo.bar@example.com + remote: =========================================================================== + remote: Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:39:59 +0200 + remote: To: foo.bar@example.com + remote: Subject: [git] branch master updated: foo + remote: MIME-Version: 1.0 + remote: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 + remote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + remote: Message-ID: <20160425163959.2311.20498@anie> + remote: From: Auth Or <Foo.Bar@example.com> + remote: Reply-To: Auth Or <Foo.Bar@example.com> + remote: X-Git-Host: example + ... + remote: -- + remote: To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact + remote: the administrator of this repository. + remote: =========================================================================== + To /path/to/repo + 6278f04..e173f20 master -> master + +Note: this does not include the sender (Return-Path: header), as it is +not part of the message content but passed to the mailer. Some mailer +show the ``Sender:`` field instead of the ``From:`` field (for +example, Zimbra Webmail shows ``From: <sender-field> on behalf of +<from-field>``). |