The git_multimail.py file is a post commit hook for sending email notification upon pushes to a Git repository. For more information see the following: https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail I cloned the git repo and made custom changes to the script. In order for the script to perform properly, the following configuration settings should be set in the repo directory: cd /space/freesurfer/repo/freesurfer git config multimailhook.administrator "zkaufman@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu" git config multimailhook.mailingList "zkaufman@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu, mreuter@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu, paul@corticometrics.com, nicks@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu" git config multimailhook.emailPrefix "[GIT commit] " Additional setting are listed on this page: https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail/blob/master/git-multimail/README -ZJK 2015_09_09