# [PATCH] fix contrib/hooks/post-receive-email hooks.recipients error message

1 messages from 2007-10-11 to 2007-10-11. Participants: Jeff Muizelaar.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/10253

## Jeff Muizelaar, 2007-10-11 21:49

Subject: [PATCH] fix contrib/hooks/post-receive-email hooks.recipients error message
Message-ID: <20071011214921.GA11852@infidigm.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20071011214921.GA11852%40infidigm.net

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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

```