X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/961fd87b395ac7fbbf9e3477992f90908b6fbfec..cc5be82b8b7cfe3b679d8ba4f0d62e0894d9f964:/doc/bugs/git_mail_notification_race.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_mail_notification_race.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_mail_notification_race.mdwn index ebe158fb9..58bd82325 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/git_mail_notification_race.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/git_mail_notification_race.mdwn @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ +[[done]] (in this branch); fixed removing email notification support! + I was suprised to receive two mails from ikiwiki about one web edit: 1 F Oct 30 To joey+ikiwiki update of ikiwiki's plugins/contrib/gallery.mdwn by http://arpitjain11.myopenid.com/ 1 F Oct 30 To joey+ikiwiki update of ikiwiki's plugins/contrib/gallery.mdwn by http://arpitjain11.myopenid.com/ The first of these had the correct diff for the changes made by the web - edit (00259020061577316895370ee04cf00b634db98a). +edit (00259020061577316895370ee04cf00b634db98a). But the second had a diff for modifications I made to ikiwiki code around the same time (2a6e353c205a6c2c8b8e2eaf85fe9c585c1af0cd). @@ -38,3 +40,18 @@ diff for the first commit. Ikiwiki's own locking prevents this from happenning if both commits are web edits. At least one of the two commits has to be a non-web commit. + +---- + +A related problem is that if two commits are made separately but then +pushed in together, the commit code only looks at the HEAD commit, which +is the second one. No notification is sent for the first. + +---- + +Based on all of these problems with using the post-update hook, ikiwiki +should be changed to use the post-receive hook, which provides enough +information to avoid the assumuptions that led to these problems. +Transitioning existing wikis to using a new hook will be interesting. Also, +this hook is only present in git >= 1.5.0.7. +--[[Joey]]