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 = Installation instructions =

 Two scripts are included.  The Python one (ciabot.py) is faster and
 more capable; the shell one (ciabot.sh) is a fallback in case Python
 gives your git hosting site indigestion. (I know of no such sites.)

 It is no longer necessary to modify the script in order to put it
 in place; in fact, this is now discouraged. It is entirely
 configurable with the following git config variables:

 ciabot.project = name of the project
 ciabot.repo = name of the project repo for gitweb/cgit purposes
 ciabot.xmlrpc  = if true, ship notifications via XML-RPC
 ciabot.revformat = format in which the revision is shown

 The revformat variable may have the following values
 raw -> full hex ID of commit
 short -> first 12 chars of hex ID
 describe -> describe relative to last tag, falling back to short

 ciabot.project defaults to the directory name of the repository toplevel.
 ciabot.repo defaults to ciabot.project lowercased.
 ciabot.xmlrpc defaults to True
 ciabot.revformat defaults to 'describe'.

 This means that in the normal case you need not do any configuration at all,
 however setting ciabot.project will allow the hook to run slightly faster.

 Once you've set these variables, try your script with -n to see the
 notification message dumped to stdout and verify that it looks sane.

 To live-test these scripts, your project needs to have been registered with
 the CIA site.  Here are the steps:

 1. Open an IRC window on irc://freenode/commits or your registered
    project IRC channel.

 2. Run ciabot.py and/or ciabot.sh from any directory under git
    control.

 You should see a notification on the channel for your most recent commit.

 After verifying correct function, install one of these scripts either
 in a post-commit hook or in an update hook.

 In post-commit, run it without arguments. It will query for
 current HEAD and the latest commit ID to get the information it
 needs.

 In update, call it with a refname followed by a list of commits:
 You want to reverse the order git rev-list emits because it lists
 from most recent to oldest.

 /path/to/ciabot.py ${refname} $(git rev-list ${oldhead}..${newhead} | tac)
	= Installation instructions =

	Two scripts are included. The Python one (ciabot.py) is faster and
	more capable; the shell one (ciabot.sh) is a fallback in case Python
	gives your git hosting site indigestion. (I know of no such sites.)

	It is no longer necessary to modify the script in order to put it
	in place; in fact, this is now discouraged. It is entirely
	configurable with the following git config variables:

	ciabot.project = name of the project
	ciabot.repo = name of the project repo for gitweb/cgit purposes
	ciabot.xmlrpc = if true, ship notifications via XML-RPC
	ciabot.revformat = format in which the revision is shown

	The revformat variable may have the following values
	raw -> full hex ID of commit
	short -> first 12 chars of hex ID
	describe -> describe relative to last tag, falling back to short

	ciabot.project defaults to the directory name of the repository toplevel.
	ciabot.repo defaults to ciabot.project lowercased.
	ciabot.xmlrpc defaults to True
	ciabot.revformat defaults to 'describe'.

	This means that in the normal case you need not do any configuration at all,
	however setting ciabot.project will allow the hook to run slightly faster.

	Once you've set these variables, try your script with -n to see the
	notification message dumped to stdout and verify that it looks sane.

	To live-test these scripts, your project needs to have been registered with
	the CIA site. Here are the steps:

	1. Open an IRC window on irc://freenode/commits or your registered
	project IRC channel.

	2. Run ciabot.py and/or ciabot.sh from any directory under git
	control.

	You should see a notification on the channel for your most recent commit.

	After verifying correct function, install one of these scripts either
	in a post-commit hook or in an update hook.

	In post-commit, run it without arguments. It will query for
	current HEAD and the latest commit ID to get the information it
	needs.

	In update, call it with a refname followed by a list of commits:
	You want to reverse the order git rev-list emits because it lists
	from most recent to oldest.

	/path/to/ciabot.py ${refname} $(git rev-list ${oldhead}..${newhead} \| tac)