Github IRC Service Hook

[MichaelC]

When the github IRC service hook is enabled it will post a list of commits and their authors in the irc channel with a comparion link in this format:

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(12:20:14 PM) GHPB [~GHPB@sh1-ext.rs.github.com] entered the room.
(12:20:14 PM) GHPB: (notice) [phpBB-Blog-for-3.1] none pushed 3 new commits to master: https://github.com/phpBB-Blog/phpBB-Blog-for-3.1/compare/f440c84...5732ab9
(12:20:14 PM) GHPB: (notice) [phpBB-Blog-for-3.1/master] Merge pull request #59 from erikfrerejean/task/travis - Michael C.
(12:20:14 PM) GHPB: (notice) [phpBB-Blog-for-3.1/master] [task/local-test] Make tests locally runnable - Erik Frèrejean
(12:20:14 PM) GHPB: (notice) [phpBB-Blog-for-3.1/master] Merge pull request #60 from erikfrerejean/task/local-tests - Michael C.
(12:20:14 PM) GHPB left the room.

You just have to select server, port, room, nick and then select long url, notice and active.

For phpBB this might be:

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irc.freenode.net
6667
#phpbb-dev
GHPB - Github Push Bot, better to keep it short.

It makes sense as its instantly posted to the IRC chat. Its useful because it shows exactly what has been merged to those in the channel and quite often its being talked about when its merged. Often commit emails have a minute or two delay.

Its also highlights the person being merged so they are notified that its been merged if they are on-line. It also shows references in the IRC log to what people are talking about.

[callumacrae]

Check out CIA.vc. It is like this, but awesome (the GitHub one annoyed the hell out of me when I tried it). It's easy to set up, too.

[MichaelC]

If your running a small project with only 1 or 2 core contributors then yes, it would be annoying as you would know when you yourself push to the main repo. But for larger projects its quite useful.

[callumacrae]

CIA.vc is an IRC bot for GitHub.

[sajaki]

I'm using cia.vc for my projects and it's very nice. but it tends to be spam the channel if you commit alot.

[callumacrae]

I'm using cia.vc for my projects and it's very nice. but it tends to be spam the channel if you commit alot.

The GitHub one is far far worse

I think it would be a good idea for phpBB to use via.vc (I'd be willing to set it up, all it needs is for a repo admin to enable the hook).

[imkingdavid]

Perhaps we could have a separate #phpbb-commits channel or something? I don't like the idea of -dev getting spammed with commit notifications, since it can already be hard to follow discussions when more than one is going on at the same time.

Anyway, this would be something to bring up with nils and davidIQ and MarshalRusty.

[MichaelC]

Perhaps we could have a separate #phpbb-commits channel or something? I don't like the idea of -dev getting spammed with commit notifications, since it can already be hard to follow discussions when more than one is going on at the same time.

Anyway, this would be something to bring up with nils and davidIQ and MarshalRusty.

Well, to be honest things don't get pushed to the phpBB repo that often? Maybe once/twice every few days? I wouldn't see it as the channel being spammed.

[callumacrae]

Yeah, it would be a few messages every couple days, and it's for origin only.

[naderman]

github supports this as a built in hook. I'll enable that to see how it works. If anyone finds it annoying post here, and we can disable it again.