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diff --git a/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst b/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 651b509..0000000 --- a/contrib/hooks/multimail/doc/troubleshooting.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -Troubleshooting issues with git-multimail: a FAQ -================================================ - -How to check that git-multimail is properly set up? ---------------------------------------------------- - -Since version 1.4.0, git-multimail allows a simple self-checking of -its configuration: run it with the environment variable -``GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP`` set to a non-empty string. You should -get something like this:: - - $ GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP=true /home/moy/dev/git-multimail/git-multimail/git_multimail.py - Environment values: - administrator : 'the administrator of this repository' - charset : 'utf-8' - emailprefix : '[git-multimail] ' - fqdn : 'anie' - projectdesc : 'UNNAMED PROJECT' - pusher : 'moy' - repo_path : '/home/moy/dev/git-multimail' - repo_shortname : 'git-multimail' - - Now, checking that git-multimail's standard input is properly set ... - Please type some text and then press Return - foo - You have just entered: - foo - git-multimail seems properly set up. - -If you forgot to set an important variable, you may get instead:: - - $ GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP=true /home/moy/dev/git-multimail/git-multimail/git_multimail.py - No email recipients configured! - -Do not set ``$GIT_MULTIMAIL_CHECK_SETUP`` other than for testing your -configuration: it would disable the hook completely. - -Git is not using the right address in the From/To/Reply-To field ----------------------------------------------------------------- - -First, make sure that git-multimail actually uses what you think it is -using. A lot happens to your email (especially when posting to a -mailing-list) between the time `git_multimail.py` sends it and the -time it reaches your inbox. - -A simple test (to do on a test repository, do not use in production as -it would disable email sending): change your post-receive hook to call -`git_multimail.py` with the `--stdout` option, and try to push to the -repository. You should see something like:: - - Counting objects: 3, done. - Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 263 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done. - Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) - remote: Sending notification emails to: foo.bar@example.com - remote: =========================================================================== - remote: Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:39:59 +0200 - remote: To: foo.bar@example.com - remote: Subject: [git] branch master updated: foo - remote: MIME-Version: 1.0 - remote: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 - remote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - remote: Message-ID: <20160425163959.2311.20498@anie> - remote: From: Auth Or <Foo.Bar@example.com> - remote: Reply-To: Auth Or <Foo.Bar@example.com> - remote: X-Git-Host: example - ... - remote: -- - remote: To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact - remote: the administrator of this repository. - remote: =========================================================================== - To /path/to/repo - 6278f04..e173f20 master -> master - -Note: this does not include the sender (Return-Path: header), as it is -not part of the message content but passed to the mailer. Some mailer -show the ``Sender:`` field instead of the ``From:`` field (for -example, Zimbra Webmail shows ``From: <sender-field> on behalf of -<from-field>``). |