How to run and monitor gitwatch with monit

gitwatchd.sh

#!/bin/bash

## Run gitwatch as a daemon

# $1 is the repository to monitor
# $2 is the stop/start command
# Exemple gitwatchd.sh /etc/ start

##################################

ESCAPE_1=$(printf '%q' "$1")
ESCAPE_1="${ESCAPE_1//\//}"
PID_FILE="/var/run/gitwatchd_${ESCAPE_1}.pid"

case $2 in
    start)
        /bin/bash -c "/usr/local/bin/gitwatch.sh $1" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
        echo $! > "$PID_FILE"
        ;;
    stop)
        kill $(cat $PID_FILE) ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 <directory> {start|stop}" ;;
esac

exit 0

monit_gitwatch.conf

check process gitwatch with pidfile "/var/run/gitwatchd_etc.pid"
   if does not exist then restart
   if 2 restarts within 2 cycles then unmonitor
   if cpu usage > 95% for 2 cycles then restart
   start program = "/usr/local/bin/gitwatchd.sh /etc/ start"
   stop  program = "/usr/local/bin/gitwatchd.sh /etc/ stop"