NAME

       kgb-client - relay commits to KGB servers

SYNOPSIS

       kgb-client --conf /path/to/config [other-option ...]
       kgb-client --uri http://some.server:port/service --password password --repo-id repository
       --repository svn|git|cvs --timeout timeout-in-seconds --single-line-commits
       off|forced|auto --use-irc-notices --web-link template --short-url-service service
       --status-dir directory --[no]-use-color --message-template template --batch-messages
       kgb-client option... /svn/repo revision
       kgb-client option... old-rev new-rev ref-name
       kgb-client option... $CVSROOT "%p"
       kgb-client option... --fake
       kgb-client option... --relay-msg message...
       kgb-client --help
       kgb-client --man

DESCRIPTION

       kgb-client is the client counterpart of kgb-bot(1). It is intended to be used as a hook in
       your version control system, executed after the repository gets updated. It analyzes the
       commit(s) and then relays the information to the KGB server, which will show it on IRC.

CONFIGURATION

       --conf configuration file
           Specifies the path to kgb-client configuration file.

       Configuration options (except --conf, --fake and --relay-msg) may be specified both in the
       configuration file and on the command line. Usually you want to have all the options in a
       configuration file, because having passwords on the command line is insecure. The
       configuration file also gives more control, for example it supports multiple servers and
       multiple ways of detection of branch and module names.

       See kgb-client.conf(5) for available configuration options. Unless noted otherwise, all
       the options in the configuration file can also be used on command line, prefixing them
       with two dashes. E.g. "repo-id" becomes "--repo-id".

       Options given on the command line take precedence over configuration file.

FAKE COMMIT MODE

       If invoked with the --fake option, kgb-client will send a fake commit to the servers. This
       is useful for testing client-server communication independently from VCS setup.

MESSAGE RELAY MODE

       When the --relay-msg option is given, there is no repository to be inspected. Instead, the
       non-option command line arguments are passed verbatim to the bot to display on IRC. This
       can be used for real-time notification about other events like bug submissions etc.

SUPPORTED VERSION CONTROL SYSTEMS

   Subversion
       Installation requires calling kgb-client with two command line arguments, like this:

           /path/to/kgb-client "$REPOS" "$REV"

       path to the subversion repository
           This is the physical path to the Subversion repository. Something like
           /srv/svn/my-repo

       revision
           This is the revision number of the commit, that has triggered the hook.

       Both these arguments are supplied to the standard Subversion post-commit hooks.

   Git
       kgb-client shall be installed as a post-receive hook. Something along the following shall
       do:

           #!/bin/sh
           exec /path/to/kgb-client --conf /path/to.conf ...

       By default, kgb-client will read the reflog information from standard input as any
       standard Git post-receive hook. See --git-reflog option if something else is wanted.

       There are other ways to give kgb-client information about Git reflog, mostly useful when
       debugging on in unusual situations. See App::KGB::Client::Git.

       The following settings can be configured via git-config(1):

       conf =item web-link

   CVS
       kgb-client shall be installed in the loginfo file in the "CVSROOT" module of the CVS
       repository. It shall be given two arguments -- the repository root, and the directory in
       which the changes are being made.

       For example:

           ALL /path/to/kgb-client --conf /path/to.conf ... "$CVSROOT" "%p"

SEE ALSO

       kgb-client.conf(5)
       App::KGB::Client
       App::KGB::Client::Subversion
       App::KGB::Client::Git
       App::KGB::Client::CVS