History of git irc bot post-commit script

If you are looking to have your git repos commit to an IRC server (private or public), you have come to the right place. After doing much digging around for the git equivalent of the [http://pythonwise.blogspot.com/2009/05/subversion-irc-bot.html|svn irc bot], a kind stranger on irc.freenode.net/#git told me about the [http://tools.suckless.org/ii/|ii irc client].

What is so great about this solution is there is NO dependency hell like java groovy IRC framework. Just a very small single binary application. Just install the little app, and config some files. No script needed.

# Download, compile, and install the ii irc bot
# Have ii start up on boot and join your desired channel. When ii starts up, it will create directories and pipe files in the current working directory. For example, if you run ii as the git user in /home/git, you can add this to your __/etc/rc.local__:{code source=bash}su -c "ii -s irc.example.com" - git
echo "/j #foobar" > /home/git/irc/irc.example.com/in{/code}
# Edit your __post-receive__ or __post-commit__ in repo.git/hooks (or repo/.git/hooks) depending on how you want to setup your notifications. Be sure to chmod with proper exec perms (e.g. 770 or ug+x). Example post-receive: {code source=bash}#!/bin/sh
echo "#### git `hostname` push received ####" > /home/git/irc/#foobar/in
git log -1 --name-status > /home/git/irc/irc.example.com/#foobar/in{/code}