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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/git-notify b/tools/git-notify
index 265f37b1..c68ed098 100755
--- a/tools/git-notify
+++ b/tools/git-notify
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
# -n max Set max number of individual mails to send
# -r name Set the git repository name
# -s bytes Set the maximum diff size in bytes (-1 for no limit)
-# -t file Set the file to use for reading and saving state
+# -t file Prevent duplicate notifications by saving state to this file
# -U mask Set the umask for creating the state file
# -u url Set the URL to the gitweb browser
# -i branch If at least one -i is given, report only for specified branches
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ my @include_list = split /\s+/, git_config( "notify.include" ) || "";
# branches to exclude
my @exclude_list = split /\s+/, git_config( "notify.exclude" ) || "";
-# the state file we use (can be changed with the -t option)
-my $state_file = git_config( "notify.statefile" ) || "/var/tmp/git-notify.state";
+# the state file we use (can be set with the -t option)
+my $state_file = git_config( "notify.statefile" );
# umask for creating the state file (can be set with -U option)
my $mode_mask = git_config( "notify.umask" ) || 002;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ sub usage()
print " -n max Set max number of individual mails to send\n";
print " -r name Set the git repository name\n";
print " -s bytes Set the maximum diff size in bytes (-1 for no limit)\n";
- print " -t file Set the file to use for reading and saving state\n";
+ print " -t file Prevent duplicate notifications by saving state to this file\n";
print " -U mask Set the umask for creating the state file\n";
print " -u url Set the URL to the gitweb browser\n";
print " -i branch If at least one -i is given, report only for specified branches\n";
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sub save_commits($)
close STATE or die "Cannot close $state_file: $!";
}
-# for the given range, return the new hashes and append them to the state file
+# for the given range, return the new hashes (and append them to the state file)
sub get_new_commits($$)
{
my ($old_sha1, $new_sha1) = @_;
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ sub get_new_commits($$)
my $revlist = git_rev_list(@args);
- if (not -e $state_file) # initialize the state file with all hashes
+ if (not defined $state_file or not -e $state_file)
{
- save_commits(git_rev_list("--all", "--full-history"));
+ save_commits(git_rev_list("--all", "--full-history")) if defined $state_file;
return $revlist;
}