diff --git a/commit-hook-scripts/postCommitBuildTrigger.py b/commit-hook-scripts/postCommitBuildTrigger.py
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+++ b/commit-hook-scripts/postCommitBuildTrigger.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# ./postCommitBuildTrigger.py http://bamoo.atlassian.com/bamboo/ myBuildName
+
+import sys
+import urllib;
+
+baseUrl = sys.argv[1]
+buildKey = sys.argv[2]
+
+remoteCall = baseUrl + "/api/rest/updateAndBuild.action?buildKey=" + buildKey
+fileHandle = urllib.urlopen(remoteCall)
+fileHandle.close()
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diff --git a/commit-hook-scripts/postCommitBuildTrigger.sh b/commit-hook-scripts/postCommitBuildTrigger.sh
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index 000000000..9bb411c3d
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# the base url of the bamboo server
+baseurl="$1/updateAndBuild.action?buildKey="
+
+#
+# Use the REST API to trigger a build
+#
+
+# Moves to the 2nd param (first is URL)
+shift
+# Loop for each build key
+while (( "$#" )); do
+
+   #
+   # Invoke the trigger
+   #
+   remoteCall=$baseurl$1
+   echo "Detected last directory that was committed ... triggering $remoteCall"
+   /usr/bin/wget --timeout=10 -t1 $remoteCall -O /dev/null
+   shift
+done
+
+
+exit 0