Auto email on commit

[Peter Toft]

Early december there was another email about CVS and the log.pl contrib 
script. Here is a follow-up + solution. Read on..

I have just updated to CVS 1.12.9.
This version is somewhat annoying, since it breaks the earlier
interface to the log.pl script (the <somepath>contrib/log script).

Earlier we had entries in the CVSROOT/loginfo file like this;
^MyModuleName <somepath>/contrib/log -V -m address@hidden -f 
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog %{s}
if I want mails to address@hidden when a commit is done to MyModuleName

But with CVS 1.12.9 I have to get rid of a deprecated log-format by
adding a line to CVSROOT/config
UseNewInfoFmtStrings=yes
and then commit "config" - see
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.12.13/cvs_18.html#SEC189

(I cannot make the log.pl script work with CVS 1.12.9. 
If someone can, let me know.)

With the new CVS-version I think the best and easiest replacement of
the log.pl script is to simply add a (long) one-liner per module to 
CVSROOT/loginfo if you want to get cvs commit emails again
^MyModuleName ((echo "File %{p}/%{s}"; echo "Version update %{V} -> %{v}"; echo 
"-----------------------------------";  cat) | mail -s "CVS commit: %{p}/%{s} 
(v%{v})"  address@hidden address@hidden)
if both address@hidden and address@hidden should get
emails at any commit to the CVS module MyModuleName.
(sorry about the long line; I have not yet figured out to put it into a 
script - anyone who can help there?)

The result is generated emails such as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Subject: CVS commit: MyModuleName/ChangeLog.txt (v1.162)
Body:
File MyModuleName/ChangeLog.txt
Version update 1.161 -> 1.162
-----------------------------------
Update of /opt/CVSROOT/MyModuleName
In directory
workstation13:/home/pto/MyModuleName


Modified Files:
      ChangeLog.txt
Log Message:
I have just inserted some text and make commit of this
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Best

Peter Toft, Ph.D. address@hidden http://pto.linux.dk

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