README.md

gulp-repository-watch

Gulp plugin for watching the commit changes in the repository defined as a dependency in bower.json

var gulp = require('gulp');
var repoWatch = require('gulp-repository-watch');

gulp.task('repo-watch', function() {
	repoWatch({
	        repository: 'git@github.com:acierto/gulp-repository-watch.git'
	    })
		.on('check', function() {
			console.log('ping');
		})
		.on('change', function(newHash, oldHash) {
			console.log('Changed from ', oldHash, ' to ', newHash);
		});
});

You can also point to the branch of the repository by specifying it like that:

repoWatch({
    repository: 'git@github.com:acierto/gulp-repository-watch.git#experimental'
    ...

Options

Option	Default	Description
poll	1000 (1s)	How often gulp-repository-watch polls the repository for changes
initialPoll	1000 (1s)	Wrap up time for gulp-repository-watch
head	null	The initial Git HEAD commit revision value
gitHead	git ls-remote $REPO 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

Events for subscription:

Event	Description
check()	Triggered when gulp-repository-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

Events for emitting:

Event	Description
stop	Will stop polling Git repository