darcs-notify - Report darcs repository changes to an email list
darcs-notify [options] <email> [<email> ...]
Options: --smtp-server=<server> Use a server other than "localhost". -r | --repo=<repo-dir> Use a repo other than the current directory. -h | --help Show some help.
darcs-notify compares the list of patches in a darcs repository against a saved backup copy and sends emails about the changes. The backup copy is stored in the file _darcs/third-party/darcs-notify/old-inventory.
One way to use darcs notify is to just run it periodically. Since it just compares the current list of patches against it's stored set it can run any time. If there is nothing to report, nothing will happen.
However, typical usage is to install it into your darcs repo's post hooks so that it runs automatically when someone pushes, pulls, or unpulls some patches. To do this, edit your _darcs/prefs/defaults file (you might need to create it if it's not there already) and add the following lines:
apply posthook darcs-notify <email> apply run-posthook pull posthook darcs-notify <email> pull run-posthook unpull posthook darcs-notify <email> unpull run-posthook
That assumes darcs-notify is in your path. If it is not, then put its absolute path there. One technique is to place darcs-notify inside the _darcs/third-party/darcs-notify directory (you might need to create it if you haven't run darcs-notify yet) and then use its relative path in the _darcs/prefs/defaults file:
apply posthook _darcs/third-party/darcs-notify/darcs-notify <email> apply run-posthook pull posthook _darcs/third-party/darcs-notify/darcs-notify <email> pull run-posthook unpull posthook _darcs/third-party/darcs-notify/darcs-notify <email> unpull run-posthook
You should run darcs-notify once manually on a repo before pushing or pulling to the repo. It won't do anything but set itself up.
Prints the help for the program and exits.
Use this option to choose which mailserver gets the notification emails. The default is "localhost".
Operate on a specific repository. If this option is not specified then the current directory is used.
You probably don't want to use this option, it's really only useful for testing.
Currently there are 2 types of email notifications:
One email per new patch will be sent to each email address on the command line. This email uses the patch name as a subject and contains the darcs patch synopsis (similar to 'darcs changes' output), the diffstat, and a universal diff of the patch itself. Here's an example from darcs-notify itself:
Subject: Explicitly skip the "pristine" line for clarity/documentation. Sun Dec 21 06:30:43 PST 2008 David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org> * Explicitly skip the "pristine" line for clarity/documentation. darcs-notify | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) Sun Dec 21 06:30:43 PST 2008 David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org> * Explicitly skil the "pristine" line for clarity/documentation. diff -rN -u old-darcs-notify/darcs-notify new-darcs-notify/darcs-notify --- old-darcs-notify/darcs-notify 2008-12-21 06:43:32.000000000 -0800 +++ new-darcs-notify/darcs-notify 2008-12-21 06:43:32.000000000 -0800 @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ my (@patch, $patch); open INV, "<", $filename or return (); while (<INV>) { + next if /^pristine:$/ && !defined $patch; $patch[-1] .= "\n$1" if /^(hash: .*)$/ && !defined $patch; (push(@patch, $patch . ($1||"")), undef $patch) if s/^(.*\*[-*]\d{14})?\]//; $patch = '' if s/^\s*\[//;
A single email with the subject "[Unpulled patches]" containing all unpulled patches will be sent to each email address on the command line. Only the darcs patch synopsis is sent. Here is an example:
Subject: [Unpulled patches] Unpulled: Sun Dec 21 06:30:43 PST 2008 David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org> * Explicitly skip the "pristine" line for clarity/documentation. Sun Dec 21 06:33:02 PST 2008 David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org> * Add support for darcs-2 and hashed repos.
Each email contains a "X-Darcs-Notify" header set to the name of the repo's directory. This allows you to filter it nicely if you so choose.
darcs-notify is known to work with darcs-1 and darcs-2 repositories, including the new "old format but hashed" repositories introduced in darcs 2.0.
David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
http://porkrind.org/darcs-notify/
To install Darcs::Notify, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Darcs::Notify
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Darcs::Notify
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.