Have the error message for missing recipients actually report the
missing config variable and not a fictional one.
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index cbbd02f..b188aa3 100644
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@ generate_email()
# Check if we've got anyone to send to
if [ -z "$recipients" ]; then
- echo >&2 "*** hooks.recipients is not set so no email will be sent"
+ case "$refname_type" in
+ "annotated tag")
+ config_name="hooks.announcelist"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ config_name="hooks.mailinglist"
+ ;;
+ esac
+ echo >&2 "*** $config_name is not set so no email will be sent"
echo >&2 "*** for $refname update $oldrev->$newrev"
exit 0
fi