How do I make Subversion (SVN) send email on checkins?
You use the post-commit hooks. Here’s a sample Ruby script that sends an email after each commit: commit-email.rb
post-commit
Post Commit Hook Not Running
I’ll leave this here as an answer because I stumbled upon my own answer for when my post-commit hook wasn’t running: chmod +x .git/hooks/post-commit Probably applies to any kind of hook. In fact, probably applies to any kind of script.
Editing the git commit message in GitHub
GitHub’s instructions for doing this: On the command line, navigate to the repository that contains the commit you want to amend. Type git commit –amend and press Enter. In your text editor, edit the commit message and save the commit. Use the git push –force origin example-branch command to force push over the old commit. … Read more