Remind yourself of what you did over the past day and week by reading a summary of all of your git commits.

crontab

0 22 * * 1,2,3,4,5 sh /path/to/git_changes.sh # Sends 5 PM EST if server time is UTC
0 21 * * 5 sh /path/to/git_changes.sh -w # Sends Friday @ 4PM EST if server time is UTC

git_changes.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

PROJECTS_DIR=/path/to/projects
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if [ "$1" = "-w" ]; then
	mailing="weekly"
	since="1.week"
	format="iso"
else
	mailing="daily"
	since="1.day"
	format="relative"
fi

output=""
for git in $(find  $PROJECTS_DIR/  -maxdepth 2 -name "*.git"); do 
	gitdir=$(dirname "$git"); 
	cd $gitdir
	changes=$(git --no-pager log --date=$format --pretty=format:"%cd: %s" --decorate=short  --since=$since); 
	if [ "$changes" ]; then
		output="$output\n$gitdir:\n$changes\n\n"
	fi
done

if [ "$output" ]; then
	if [ "$mailing" = "weekly" ]; then
		echo -e "$output" | mail -s "Weekly git commits update for week ending $(date +'%b %d')" $RECIPIENT
	else
		echo -e "$output" | mail -s "git commits for $(date +'%A, %b %d')" $RECIPIENT
	fi
fi