Git Alert

Broadcast important messages alongside your commits, so that the others could see them on git pull.

git-alert is a command-line utility written in Node.

Installation

1. Install git-alert globally via npm:

   npm install -g git-alert

2. Install post-merge hook in your repository:

   git alert install

3. You're done! Read on.

Summary

git alert install — installs post-merge hook that displays pending messages after you git pull in your repository

git alert 'My important message' — adds specified message

git alert rm e3bfac — removes specified message (yeap, each message has its hash, like commits)

git alert show — shows pending (unread) messages, marking them as read

git alert list — lists all messages from .gitalert file (where they are actually stored)

How it works?

1. You and your team members install git-alert and hooks for the repository.

2. You add a message via git alert 'My important message' and commit your changes.

3. Other team members do git pull and see 'My important message'.

Did I mention some details?

• The list of messages is stored in .gitalert file in your repository. Note, you should actually commit this file so that the others could receive it.

• The list of read messages is stored locally in .git directory.

• When you no longer need a message, you can remove it: first locate it and its hash with git alert list, then remove it with git alert rm <hash>.

  It is a good practice to keep an entire list of messages small.

• .gitalert is actually a human-readable JSON file, so you can edit it by hand and even merge conflicts.

• In case you miss messages (e.g. when automatic merge fails post-merge hooks are not executed) you can always read them manually via git alert show.

Bonus: auto-install hook in Node.js

Just add git-alert to your devDependencies and the hook will be installed via npm i.

License

ISC / Boris Okunskiy