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