Gulp-Git-Watch

Gulp utility to constantly check Git for updates and trigger events when detected.

var gulp = require('gulp');
var gitWatch = require('gulp-git-watch');

gulp.task('git-watch', function() {
	gitWatch()
		.on('check', function() {
			console.log('CHECK!');
		})
		.on('change', function(newHash, oldHash) {
			console.log('CHANGES! FROM', oldHash, '->', newHash);
		});
});

Options

| Option | Default | Description | |---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | poll | 10 * 1000 - 10s | How often gulp-git-watch should poll Git for changes | | initialPoll | 10 * 1000 - 10s | How long gulp-git-watch should wait after the initial starting point to start polling | | head | null | The initial Git HEAD value, if omitted it will be retrieved before polling | | forceHead | false | Force always re-retrieving the current head state, only set this if other processes are likely to be triggering git pull events | | gitHead | git rev-list HEAD -n 1 | The command to use to retrieve the current Git HEAD | | gitPull | git pull | The command to use to instruct Git to pull in changes

Events

| Event | Description | |--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | check() | Triggered when gulp-git-watch polls Git for changes | | change(newHash, oldHash) | Triggered when Git has updated from the old hash to a new hash | | nochange(hash) | Triggered when no Git changes were found |