Stefan, we are trying the same .. but seems like the build fails as soon as we add the constructor to the pre-hook plugin.
I have opened a question with details In regards to the same as below .. hopefully you can guide us.
https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/32968488/how-to-retrieve-logged-in-userid-in-pre-receive-hook-plugin
-Thanks in advance

Hi zaargy,

It would be something along the lines of:

    // FooBar is the ctor
    public FooBar(StashAuthenticationContext authenticationContext) {

and the following declaration in your atlassian-plugin.xml:

    <component-import key="stashAuthenticationContext" interface="com.atlassian.stash.user.StashAuthenticationContext" />

In general, the best place to ask questions related to plugin development would be https://answers.atlassian.com/

Cheers,
Stefan

Hi,

I am unable to work out how my repository hook is instantiated. What should the component constructor look like?

Thanks,
James

No.

Within a java hook, you should add the https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/stash/2.4.2/api/reference/com/atlassian/stash/user/StashAuthenticationContext.html to your plugin and component constructor and you'll be able to call the https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/stash/2.4.2/api/reference/com/atlassian/stash/user/StashAuthenticationContext.html#getCurrentUser() method.

Matt

Hi,

Is REMOTE_USER still applicable when using a Java plugin? I have modified the stash asynchronous post receive sample code to look for it and it does not seem to be set.

Thanks,
James

As of 1.1, Stash will set the REMOTE_USER environment variable to the authenticated Stash user's username when executing Git hosting commands over both HTTP and SSH. You can use this environment variable in any git hooks registered in your Stash repositories.