git-fish

Github Web Hook Listener in Node.js

Why fish? What recieves a hook?

Usage

$ gitfish help
Usage: gitfish [forever options] action

 Gitfish Actions

   config   build initial config file
   start    start gitfish
   help     show this message

 Daemonized Actions

   stop     stop gitfish (when daemonized)
   restart  restart gitfish (when daemonized)
   status   status of gitfish (when de

 Optional Gitfish Options

   --daemonize : start gitfish daemonized
   --config    : default is `$CWD/config.json`
   --port      : overide port from config
   --token     : overide token from config

 Supported Forever Options

   --logFile [file] : forever log file location # default: /tmp/gitfish.log
   --outFile [file] : stdout file location      # default: forever log file
   --errFile [file] : stderr file location      # default: forever log file
   --pidFile [file] : pid file location         # default: /tmp/gitfish.pid
   --max     [n]    : max restarts on error
   --plain          : disable command line colors
   --verbose        : verbose forever output

 What is forever? https://github.com/nodejitsu/forever

Usage Examples

$ npm install git-fish

$ gitfish config
Listener port? [8000]
Security token? [secret]
Hook endpoint? [script] /foo
Hook script? [CWD/script.js]
Hook branch filter?
Saved configuration to /home/jmervine/config.json

$ cat config.json
{
  "port": 8000,
  "token": "secret",
  "foo": {
    "script": "/home/jmervine/script.js"
  }
}

Configuration note:

script can be anything; ruby, bash, python, etc. It doesn't have to be a node script.

Real World Config Example

Important Note:

script path must absolute and the script must be executable.

{
  "port": 8001,
  "token": "shhh_do_not_tell_anyone",
  "prod": {
    "script": "/home/me/update_prod.sh",
    "branch": "master" // optional branch matcher
        // "branch" can also be an array of branches:
        // e.g. `[ "master", "develop" ]`
  },
  "dev": {
    "script": "/home/me/update_dev.sh",
    "branch": [ "release", "develop" ] // optional branch matcher
  }
}

Where /home/me/update_prod.sh is something like:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
cd /path/to/mysite

# For safty, you can stash any changes, although best practice says
# there shouldn't be any here.
# git stash

git checkout master
git pull

make restart

And your post commit hooks would be:

http://mysite:8001/prod?token=shhh_do_not_tell_anyone
http://mysite:8001/dev?token=shhh_do_not_tell_anyone

Contributors

• davidbau