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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# run some command on every new repo created via the conf file
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# BACKGROUND
+#   The POST_CREATE trigger (see doc/triggers.mkd) only works for repos that a
+#   user creates (see doc/wild.mkd).  It does NOT work for repos created
+#   normally using the conf file.  The POST_COMPILE trigger sequence should
+#   normally be used to trigger anything to happen after a compile.
+#
+#   I have not seen a sane use case for a POST_CREATE trigger when a new repo
+#   is created via the conf file.  (I do not consider "all new repos should
+#   have a default set of branches" to be a sane requirement).  However, on
+#   the off-chance that something turns up at some future time, here's how you
+#   can do this without touching the core gitolite code.
+
+# INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
+# - (optional) rename this to whatever you want
+# - change the 'post_create_normal' function below to do whatever you want it
+#   to do, or make it call some other command to do it
+# - make the script executable
+# - add 'new-normal-repos' (or whatever you renamed it to) to the PRE_GIT and
+#   the POST_COMPILE trigger lists in the rc file
+
+post_create_normal() {
+    echo "post_create_normal called with repo '$1'" >&2
+}
+
+# tempfile prefix; if you really care, change this also, otherwise leave it alone
+tfp=$HOME/.tmp.$GL_USER.list-repos
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ "$1" = "PRE_GIT" ]
+then
+    # unless someone is pushing to the admin repo, we don't care
+    [ "$2" = "gitolite-admin" ] || exit 0
+    [ "$4" = "W" ] || exit 0
+
+    # save the list of repos
+    gitolite list-repos > $tfp.1
+elif [ "$1" = "POST_COMPILE" ]
+then
+    # get the new list of repos and compare with the one PRE_GIT created
+    gitolite list-repos > $tfp.2
+    for repo in `grep -x -f $tfp.1 -v $tfp.2`
+    do
+
+        post_create_normal "$repo"
+    done
+else
+    # if you edited your rc file correctly, this line should never be reached
+    echo "ignoring call to" `basename $0` "with arg1 = '$1'" >&2
+fi