gitwatch
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An NPM module for checking if a local directory is up to date with a remote repository.
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gitwatch
An NPM module for checking if a local directory is up to date with a remote repository.
Install gitwatch with npm:
npm install gitwatch
Running the example
Once you've installed gitwatch, enter its directory node_modules/gitwatch/
and run:
node check.js
This is checking the tools-data repo and will make any changes in the tools-data directory.
Example usage
Create file called app.js and require gitwatch and check if a repo is behind
gitwatch = require("gitwatch");
gitwatch({
provider: "Github",
repository: "mwils-bp/sam",
directory: "sam",
force: true // use at own will
}).is("behind", function(error, files) {
// I will do grunt tasks here
console.log(files);
});
options
provider
Type: String
Choose what your git SCM is going to be:
- Bitbucket
- Github
repository
Type: String
The repository you will be watching, this usually looks like this:
repository: "username/repo",
directory
Type: String
The directory which will be placing the watched repository.
directory: "mydirectory",
every (coming soon)
Type: String
The period of time in which to check for new commits.
every: "1 hour",
| Option | Status | | ------------- |:-------------:| | month / months| In Development| | week / weeks | In Development| | day / days | In Development| | hour / hours | In Development| | minute / minutes | In Development| | seconds | In Development|
force
Type: Boolean
To force the repository to pull new commits no matter what.