git watch is a simple library and CLI tool for monitoring git repositories and triggering events (restart process) when they change.
git watch [1] was designed as a way to easily build and deploy daemons in development when upstream changes. The changes can be either
code (in git) or configuration.
So here is a simple example which will automatically rebuild and restart a application when you git push (https://github.com/sigmonsays/git-watch/tree/master/examples/go)
Below in git-watch.yaml we check the upstream every 5 seconds and merge the master branch in. execcmd is “my_application” which is a simple application. When a upstream
change is detected, we invoke the updatecmd. If the updatecmd does not succeed, the restart process is aborted. Assuming the update command succeeds, we then invoke the install
command. After the install command succeeds, the application is restarted.
git-watch.yaml
# reinstall a go application when changes are detected in a git remote
checkinterval: 5
localbranch: master
execcmd: my_application
updatecmd: make
install: make install
Makefile
REPO=github.com/sigmonsays/git-watch
all:
go get -u $(REPO)/examples/go/my_application/...
install:
go install $(REPO)/examples/go/my_application
Full usage
Usage of git-watch:
-branch string
local branch (default "master")
-check int
git check interval (seconds) (default 5)
-config string
git watch config (default "git-watch.yaml")
-dir string
change directory before starting (default ".")
-exec-cmd string
exec command (default "make run")
-http string
start a http server
-inherit-env
inherit environment
-inotify-dir string
use inotify as a trigger in directory
-install-cmd string
install command (default "make install")
-loglevel string
set log level (default "error")
-once
run once and exit
-static-dir string
static directory (default "static")
-update-cmd string
update command (default "make")