Merge tag 'v2.8.6' into maint-2.9

diff --git a/contrib/hooks/multimail/post-receive.example b/contrib/hooks/multimail/post-receive.example
index 43f7b6b635b15b1dd3648d2f91b78d4e31acf504..1ea113d274e27adfede78bd5b5530608a47fa378 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/hooks/multimail/post-receive.example
+++ b/contrib/hooks/multimail/post-receive.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python2
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 
 """Example post-receive hook based on git-multimail.
 
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import os
 
 import git_multimail
 
-
 # It is possible to modify the output templates here; e.g.:
 
 #git_multimail.FOOTER_TEMPLATE = """\
@@ -56,13 +55,20 @@ import git_multimail
 # git-multimail:
 config = git_multimail.Config('multimailhook')
 
+# Set some Git configuration variables. Equivalent to passing var=val
+# to "git -c var=val" each time git is called, or to adding the
+# configuration in .git/config (must come before instanciating the
+# environment) :
+#git_multimail.Config.add_config_parameters('multimailhook.commitEmailFormat=html')
+#git_multimail.Config.add_config_parameters(('user.name=foo', 'user.email=foo@example.com'))
 
 # Select the type of environment:
 try:
     environment = git_multimail.GenericEnvironment(config=config)
     #environment = git_multimail.GitoliteEnvironment(config=config)
-except git_multimail.ConfigurationException, e:
-    sys.exit(str(e))
+except git_multimail.ConfigurationException:
+    sys.stderr.write('*** %s\n' % sys.exc_info()[1])
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 
 # Choose the method of sending emails based on the git config: