gitolite emailprefix GL_REPO not expanded

Question

I am using gitolite v2.2 on Ubuntu 12.04.

The GL_REPO variable does not get expanded for emailprefix.

In my gitolite.conf file I have this:

repo @all
    config hooks.mailinglist = xxx@somewhere
    config hooks.emailprefix = "[%GL_REPO] "
    config hooks.emailmaxlines = 1000

...
repo testing
    RW+ = @all

I am getting email when I push changes to the testing repo, but the subject line looks like this:

[%GL_REPO] branch master updated. 

Is there a typo in my configuration, a setting I missed, or is this a problem in v2.2?

Answer 1

The substitution of the variable GL_REPO in gitolite.conf file is only documented in gitolite v3 (or 'g3') pages:

• Admin conf
• "git-config" keys and values
• the conf/gitolite.conf file

For g2 (gitolite V2.x), it is only mentioned (and expanded) for gitolite hooks.

Upgrading to v3 is therefore the way to go, since it won't affect any of your existing bare repos: see the migration page.