Monitors a git repo for changes via git status & notifies you when changes show up via email. Useful for monitoring files for unexpected changes in production.

NOTE: This application should be called from a scheduling application such as cron. By itself it will only run once.

npm install -g git-status-monitor

git-status-monitor $folder_to_watch $files_to_watch $notify_email_to $notify_email_from $project_name

• folder_to_watch: The directory the git repo you wish to monitor is in.
• files_to_watch: A comma-delimited list of files you wish to be alerted to that have changed. The files are relative to the project root. To watch the entire repo, set this to $. To watch entire subdirectories, use the folder name with an asterisk (Example: www/*).
• notify_email_to: A comma-delimited list of email addresses that are to receive the alert that the file has changed.
• notify_email_from: The email address the alert should come from.
• project_name: The name of the project. This is used in the alert message.

git-status-monitor /var/www/wp_site .htaccess,wp-config.php [email protected],[email protected] [email protected] "My WP Site"

git-status-monitor /var/www/wp_site $ [email protected],[email protected] [email protected] "My WP Site"

git-status-monitor /var/www/wp_site .htaccess,wp-content/* [email protected],[email protected] [email protected] "My WP Site"

[0.2.4] - 2015-07-05

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where on some systems the application could not locate the email templates folder.

[0.2.3] - 2015-06-30

Added

• CHANGELOG.md

Changed

• README.md (Added CHANGELOG & License)
• Version number skipped a few to sync up repo version & NPM (my mistake).

[0.2.0] - 2015-06-30

Added

• Now has the ability to watch the entire repo.
• Now has the ability to watch sub directories.
• Now notifies you if the repo is missing or deleted.

Fixed

• The "git status" command needed an update to be correct.
• Fixed an issue where the email sent did not include the files that triggered the alert at the top.
• Now checks to see if nothing has changed.

[0.1.0] - 2015-06-29

Added

• Initial Project Upload

Git Status Monitor is released under the MIT License.