Re: [PATCH] contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: add a From: line to the email header

Gerrit Pape [off-list ref] writes:

$committer is already extracted from the latest existing rev, so add the
corresponding From: line to the email header.

You may fight this out with Andy if you want to, but I think I'd
side with the existing behaviour.

commit e6dc8d60fbd2c84900a26545c5d360b0e202d95b
Author: Andy Parkins [off-list ref]
Date:   Fri Sep 28 15:24:26 2007 +0100

    post-receive-hook: Remove the From field from the generated email header so that the pusher's name is used
    
    Using the name of the committer of the revision at the tip of the
    updated ref is not sensible.  That information is available in the email
    itself should it be wanted, and by supplying a "From", we were
    effectively hiding the person who performed the push - which is useful
    information in itself.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins [off-list ref]
    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano [off-list ref]

diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index 1f88099..cbbd02f 100644
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ generate_email_header()
 	# --- Email (all stdout will be the email)
 	# Generate header
 	cat <<-EOF
-	From: $committer
 	To: $recipients
 	Subject: ${EMAILPREFIX}$projectdesc $refname_type, $short_refname, ${change_type}d. $describe
 	X-Git-Refname: $refname