git-hook-post-receive.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

LOG_FILENAME = '/var/log/git-hook-post-receive.log'

from datetime import datetime

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        from sys import stdin
        prev_sha, new_sha, ref = stdin.readline().split()
        commit_branch = ref.replace('refs/heads/', '')
        # Do the job.        
    except Exception as cause:
        with open(LOG_FILENAME, 'a') as log:
            log.write('%s %s\n' % (datetime.now(), cause))