build-failed git hook for cijoe

git build-failed file for cijoe

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Note the use of env. This is because executables may not be placed in the same place on all systems. Notoriously, bsd (and thus mac osx) differs from linux. However, /usr/bin/env always exists in the same place, and it can tell you where other executables are. Thus, the above is good style for portability.

COMMIT_VERSION=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
COMMIT_LOG=$(git log -n 1)
# You could also use backticks, but the $() syntax is generally more readable
# Convention is to put variables in uppercase in shell script
LOG="$(perl -MURI::Escape -e 'print uri_escape($ARGV[0]);' "${COMMIT_LOG}")"

curl -k -u user:password \
    -d "to=lsolesen&msg=${LOG}&title=Intraface+build+failed&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fintraface%2Fintraface.dk%2Fcommit%2F${COMMIT_VERSION}" \
     https://api.notifo.com/v1/send_notification > /dev/null
# You can embed a variable in a string, using the ${VAR_NAME} syntax