def METHOD_NAME(self, log):
    oldPwd = os.getcwd()
    os.chdir( os.getenv('CMSSW_BASE') + '/src/' )
    cmd = 'echo "Test Release based on: $CMSSW_VERSION" >  %s/%s 2> /dev/null' % (oldPwd, log)
    os.system( cmd )
    cmd = 'echo "Base Release in: $CMSSW_RELEASE_BASE"  >> %s/%s 2> /dev/null' % (oldPwd, log)
    os.system( cmd )
    cmd = 'echo "Your Test release in: $CMSSW_BASE"     >> %s/%s 2> /dev/null' % (oldPwd, log)
    os.system( cmd )
    cmd = 'git status --porcelain -b | head -n 1 >> %s/%s 2> /dev/null' % (oldPwd, log)
    os.system( cmd )
    cmd = 'git log -n 100 --format="%%T %%ai %%s %%d" >> %s/%s 2> /dev/null' % (oldPwd, log)
    os.system( cmd )
    os.chdir( oldPwd )        