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Git commit notifier
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# git-dude



git-dude is a simple git desktop notifier. It monitors git repositories in

current directory for new commits/branches/tags and shows desktop notification if

anything new arrived.



## How it works



It simply uses `git fetch` and parses its output to see what has changed. Then it

formats new commit messages with `git log` and shows desktop notification with

`notify-send` / `kdialog` (Linux) or `growlnotify` (OSX). All of this in infinite loop.



## How does it look



Fedora:



![git-dude on Fedora](screenshots/git-dude-fedora-shot.png)



Ubuntu:



![git-dude on Ubuntu](screenshots/git-dude-ubuntu-shot.png)



OSX:



![git-dude on Mac OSX](screenshots/git-dude-osx-shot.png)



Haiku:



![git-dude on Haiku](screenshots/git-dude-haiku-shot.png)



## Requirements



On Linux:



* `notify-send` on Gnome (Fedora: _libnotify_ package, Ubuntu: _libnotify-bin_ package)

* `kdialog` on KDE (included in KDE)



On OSX:



* `growlnotify`, from [Growl Extras](http://growl.info/extras.php#growlnotify)

  (Homebrew: _growlnotify_ package)



## Installation



```bash

$ curl -skL https://github.com/ku1ik/git-dude/raw/master/git-dude >~/bin/git-dude

$ chmod +x ~/bin/git-dude

```



\* Make sure `~/bin` is in your `$PATH` or put `git-dude` script somewhere else

on your `$PATH`.



### Homebrew



Git-dude can be installed with the following command:



```bash

$ brew install https://gist.github.com/lukaszkorecki/1289314/raw/022cd33fc366378552dc3527d72b994568644df1/git-dude.rb --HEAD

```



The homebrew formula lives [here](https://gist.github.com/1289314).



## Usage



git-dude iterates over repositories that live inside _the dude directory_. This

directory is nothing more than container for cloned repositories of projects

you want to watch.  Name it like you want, here for example we use

_~/.git-dude_:



```bash

$ mkdir ~/.git-dude

$ cd ~/.git-dude

```



Clone some repositories:



```bash

$ git clone --mirror https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump.git

$ git clone --mirror git://github.com/pyromaniac/hoof.git

```



I recommend `git clone --mirror` - it doesn't checkout working directory so it

saves some disk space for bigger projects.



Symlinked repositories work too. This way you can monitor already cloned

projects:



```bash

$ ln -s ~/code/tmuxinator .

```



Now run this to monitor _pwd_:



```bash

$ git dude

```



You can also pass directory name as first argument to specify which directory

to monitor instead of _pwd_.



```bash

$ git dude ~/watched-repos

```



This way you can have multiple _dude directories_ each being monitored by

separate git-dude process.



## Configuration



### Global



Set how often git-dude should check for changes (in seconds, default: 60):



```bash

$ git config --global dude.interval 30

```



Set path to icon used by desktop notifications (default: none):



```bash

$ git config --global dude.icon ~/.git-dude/github_32.png

```



Set custom notification command (`$TITLE`, `$DESCRIPTION` and `$ICON_PATH`

environment variables are set when invoking notification command):



```bash

$ git config --global dude.notify-command 'gntp-send "$TITLE" "$DESCRIPTION" "$ICON_PATH"'

$ git config --global dude.notify-command 'echo -e "$TITLE\n\n\n$DESCRIPTION" | espeak --stdin -k20 -ven+12'

```



### Per-repository



Set path to icon used by desktop notifications for this repository (default:

taken from global setting):



```bash

$ git config dude.icon ~/.git-dude/dm-core/datamapper.png

```



Tell git-dude to ignore specific repository (if you want to _unmonitor_ it):



```bash

$ git config dude.ignore true

```



## Custom upstream remote



When you have forked a repository you are likely to be more interested

in what changes happen in the upstream repository rather than your own

fork. Therefore it is possible to specify a custom remote:



    $ git config dude.remote upstream



With a Git remote configuration like below, it will monitor the

upstream repo instead of your fork:



    $ git remote -v

    origin  [email protected]:holmboe/git-dude.git (fetch)

    origin  [email protected]:holmboe/git-dude.git (push)

    upstream        git://github.com/ku1ik/git-dude.git (fetch)

    upstream        git://github.com/ku1ik/git-dude.git (push)



## Author



Marcin Kulik (https://ku1ik.com/ | @ku1ik)