How to make git check for fetch and then make picture or sound?

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How to make git check for fetch and then make picture or sound? Want to have notification without fetching all the time all

"without fetching all the time all" ... all what? – muru Mar 9 '16 at 16:39 — muru, Mar 9 '16 at 16:39

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:39:47Z

Maybe you can create a new git alias:

git config --global alias.f '!git fetch && [ $(git rev-parse HEAD) != $(git rev-parse @{u}) ] && notify-send "Updates found"'

This creates a new alias f which runs:

git fetch &&
  [ $(git rev-parse HEAD) != $(git rev-parse @{u}) ] &&
  notify-send "Updates found"

The middle line checks if the current branch and its remote are on the same page, and if not, uses notify-send to send a notification.

Now if you run git f in a branch with remote updates, you'll get a notification.

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