# ---------------------------- Functions
#
-# Top level email generation function. This decides what type of update
-# this is and calls the appropriate body-generation routine after outputting
-# the common header
+# Function to prepare for email generation. This decides what type
+# of update this is and whether an email should even be generated.
#
-# Note this function doesn't actually generate any email output, that is
-# taken care of by the functions it calls:
-# - generate_email_header
-# - generate_create_XXXX_email
-# - generate_update_XXXX_email
-# - generate_delete_XXXX_email
-# - generate_email_footer
-#
-generate_email()
+prep_for_email()
{
# --- Arguments
oldrev=$(git rev-parse $1)
short_refname=${refname##refs/remotes/}
echo >&2 "*** Push-update of tracking branch, $refname"
echo >&2 "*** - no email generated."
- exit 0
+ return 1
;;
*)
# Anything else (is there anything else?)
echo >&2 "*** Unknown type of update to $refname ($rev_type)"
echo >&2 "*** - no email generated"
- exit 1
+ return 1
;;
esac
esac
echo >&2 "*** $config_name is not set so no email will be sent"
echo >&2 "*** for $refname update $oldrev->$newrev"
- exit 0
+ return 1
fi
+ return 0
+}
+
+#
+# Top level email generation function. This calls the appropriate
+# body-generation routine after outputting the common header.
+#
+# Note this function doesn't actually generate any email output, that is
+# taken care of by the functions it calls:
+# - generate_email_header
+# - generate_create_XXXX_email
+# - generate_update_XXXX_email
+# - generate_delete_XXXX_email
+# - generate_email_footer
+#
+# Note also that this function cannot 'exit' from the script; when this
+# function is running (in hook script mode), the send_mail() function
+# is already executing in another process, connected via a pipe, and
+# if this function exits without, whatever has been generated to that
+# point will be sent as an email... even if nothing has been generated.
+#
+generate_email()
+{
# Email parameters
# The email subject will contain the best description of the ref
# that we can build from the parameters
# Output to the terminal in command line mode - if someone wanted to
# resend an email; they could redirect the output to sendmail
# themselves
- PAGER= generate_email $2 $3 $1
+ prep_for_email $2 $3 $1 && PAGER= generate_email
else
while read oldrev newrev refname
do
- generate_email $oldrev $newrev $refname $maxlines | send_mail
+ prep_for_email $oldrev $newrev $refname || continue
+ generate_email $maxlines | send_mail
done
fi