# [PATCH 3/2] post-receive-email example hook: sed command for getting description was wrong

1 messages from 2007-04-26 to 2007-04-26. Participants: Andy Parkins.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7861

## Andy Parkins, 2007-04-26 21:37

Subject: [PATCH 3/2] post-receive-email example hook: sed command for getting description was wrong
Message-ID: <200704262237.16795.andyparkins@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200704262237.16795.andyparkins%40gmail.com

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The sed command that extracted the first line of the project description
didn't include the -n switch and hence the project name was being
printed twice.  This was ruining the email header generation because it
was assumed that the description was only one line and was included in
the subject.  This turned the subject into a two line item and
prematurely finished the header.

Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
---
Oops - patch 3 in my series of 2.  Tee hee.


 contrib/hooks/post-receive-email |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index e175b42..d1bef91 100644
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-projectdesc=$(sed -e '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description")
+projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description")
 # Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to a
 # more manageable length if it is
 if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null
-- 
1.5.2.rc0.744.g33910

```