Merge branch 'jn/maint-notes-avoid-va-args' into maint

diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index f99ea9585014face001849aeeefa5f20e79bc1e2..ba077c13f96779d5b29237e83974b0910b4bbdde 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 # 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:
+# /usr/share/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
+#  ln -sf /usr/share/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
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
 #   email body. If not specified, there is no limit.
 #   Lines beyond the limit are suppressed and counted, and a final
 #   line is added indicating the number of suppressed lines.
+# hooks.diffopts
+#   Alternate options for the git diff-tree invocation that shows changes.
+#   Default is "--stat --summary --find-copies-harder". Add -p to those
+#   options to include a unified diff of changes in addition to the usual
+#   summary output.
 #
 # Notes
 # -----
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ generate_update_branch_email()
        # non-fast-forward updates.
        echo ""
        echo "Summary of changes:"
-       git diff-tree --stat --summary --find-copies-harder $oldrev..$newrev
+       git diff-tree $diffopts $oldrev..$newrev
 }
 
 #
@@ -709,7 +714,7 @@ if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
        exit 1
 fi
 
-projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description")
+projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
 # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
 # a more manageable length if it is
 if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
@@ -723,6 +728,8 @@ envelopesender=$(git config hooks.envelopesender)
 emailprefix=$(git config hooks.emailprefix || echo '[SCM] ')
 custom_showrev=$(git config hooks.showrev)
 maxlines=$(git config hooks.emailmaxlines)
+diffopts=$(git config hooks.diffopts)
+: ${diffopts:="--stat --summary --find-copies-harder"}
 
 # --- Main loop
 # Allow dual mode: run from the command line just like the update hook, or