From ecdc09a078905a9b98d825fb1d28b9ef411aeccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rsiddharth Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:11:58 -0500 Subject: README -> README.md --- README | 116 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 116 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 60ddc6c..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ - - -# gitblag - -`gitblag` is a simple hook script to automatically send an email to -the readers whenever a new entry/essay/post is pushed to a -website/blog maintained using [git][git], the stupid content tracker. - -The subject and the body of the email is slurped from the commit -message. - -`gitblag` is based on the `post-receive-email` script found in the -contrib/hooks directory in the [Git SCM][git-source]'s source. - -[git]: http://git-scm.com/ -[git-source]: http://github.com/git/git - -See *using gitblag* for info on how to install and use it. - -## etymology - -The name `gitblag` resulted from copulative compounding of two -obvious word stems -- `git` & `blag`. - -The word `blag`, a mispronunciation of `blog`, AFAIK, (first) appeared -in the [xkcd comic][blag]. - -[blag]: http://xkcd.com/148/ - -## using gitblag - -`gitblag` is meant to be used as a post-receive hook on a bare remote -git repository of a website/blog. This hook is invoked on the remote -repository when a `git push` happens on the local repository. - -The `gitblag` script does two things: - -+ Sends an email to the readers when it finds a specifically formatted - `commit` (see 'Commit Message Format' section), on the `master` - branch. - -+ Checks out the latest version of the working tree. - -For help setting up a website/blog maintained using git, read [Using -Git to manage a web site][git-website]. - -[git-website]: http://toroid.org/ams/git-website-howto - -### installation - -Get a copy. - - $ git clone http://rsiddharth.ninth.su/git/gitblag.git - -Copy the script to the bare git repo of the website/blog. - - $ cd /path/to/your/bare/repo/wobsite.git - - $ cp /path/to/gitblag/src/gitblag.sh hooks/post-receive - - $ chmod 755 hooks/post-receive - -Specify the location of the git maintained website/blog by changing -the value of `GIT_WORK_TREE` variable in the `hooks/post-receive` -script. - -### configuration - -1. Go to the remote bare git repo of the website/blog. - - $ cd /path/to/your/bare/repo/wobsite.git - -2. Set up the mailing list to which the script should send emails to. - - $ git config --local --add hooks.mailinglist yourblag@list.tld - - Or list the recipients' (the readers) email IDs, one email ID per - line, in a plain text file and inform git about it. - - $ git config --local --add hooks.recipientlist /path/to/readerlist.txt - -3. Set up the email prefix. All emails will have their subjects -prefixed with this prefix — `[Mailing List Prefix]` — if -emailprefix is not set. - - $ git config --local --add hooks.emailprefix "[ BLAG PREFIX ]" - -4. Set up the mailing list footer. Edit the `description` file in the -bare git repo. - - $ editor description - -5. To set a custom `From` field, the hooks.envelopesender option needs -to be set. - - $ git config --local --add hooks.envelopesender from@address.tld - -### commit message format - -+ Start the commit message with `[NEW POST]` followed by text that -will be used as the subject of the email. - -+ Leave a blank line. - -+ Write the body of the email. - -See the `sample-commit-msg.txt` file. - -## license - -`gitblag` is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 -or later. See COPYING for the full text of the license. - -## contact - - rsiddharth `` -- cgit v1.2.3