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+// Copyright 2013 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package github
+
+import "time"
+
+// WebHookPayload represents the data that is received from GitHub when a push
+// event hook is triggered.  The format of these payloads pre-date most of the
+// GitHub v3 API, so there are lots of minor incompatibilities with the types
+// defined in the rest of the API.  Therefore, several types are duplicated
+// here to account for these differences.
+//
+// GitHub API docs: https://help.github.com/articles/post-receive-hooks
+type WebHookPayload struct {
+	After      string          `json:"after,omitempty"`
+	Before     string          `json:"before,omitempty"`
+	Commits    []WebHookCommit `json:"commits,omitempty"`
+	Compare    string          `json:"compare,omitempty"`
+	Created    bool            `json:"created,omitempty"`
+	Deleted    bool            `json:"deleted,omitempty"`
+	Forced     bool            `json:"forced,omitempty"`
+	HeadCommit *WebHookCommit  `json:"head_commit,omitempty"`
+	Pusher     *User           `json:"pusher,omitempty"`
+	Ref        string          `json:"ref,omitempty"`
+	Repo       *Repository     `json:"repository,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// WebHookCommit represents the commit variant we receive from GitHub in a
+// WebHookPayload.
+type WebHookCommit struct {
+	Added     []string      `json:"added,omitempty"`
+	Author    WebHookAuthor `json:"author,omitempty"`
+	Committer WebHookAuthor `json:"committer,omitempty"`
+	Distinct  bool          `json:"distinct,omitempty"`
+	ID        string        `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Message   string        `json:"message,omitempty"`
+	Modified  []string      `json:"modified,omitempty"`
+	Removed   []string      `json:"removed,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp *time.Time    `json:"timestamp,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// WebHookAuthor represents the author or committer of a commit, as specified
+// in a WebHookCommit.  The commit author may not correspond to a GitHub User.
+type WebHookAuthor struct {
+	Email    string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+	Name     string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Username string `json:"username,omitempty"`
+}