Watching a remote git repository - checking if new commits available

watch_remote_git_repo.md

Watch a remote git repo

In a folder :

• copy this script in a file watch.sh :

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

function watch {(
    cd repo
    git remote update 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
    LOCAL=$(git rev-parse @)
    BASE=$(git merge-base @ "@{u}")
    if [ "$LOCAL" = "$BASE" ]; then
        action
    fi
)}

function action {(
    echo "Need to pull"
    # do something
)}

watch

• clone the repo you want to watch :

git clone https://github.com/:author/:repo repo

• run the script via cron or manually