Auto Commit Git repo to GitHub

auto-commit.rb

#!/bin/ruby

File.read("/PATH-TO/.auto-commit").split("\n").each do |dir|
  
  Dir.chdir(dir)
  next if `find . -newer .last-mod`.split("\n").empty? # No change to file system
  puts "### #{Time.new.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")} (#{dir}) ###"
  
  `git pull origin $(git symbolic-ref HEAD | cut -d'/' -f3)`
  `git add . -A`
  puts `git commit -am "Auto-commit: #{Time.new.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}"`
  puts `git push origin $(git symbolic-ref HEAD | cut -d'/' -f3)` if (ARGV[0] == 'push') ? true : false
  `touch .last-mod`
end

*/5 * * * * ~/bin/git-commit.rb >> ~/Writing-Projects/writing-data/auto-push.log 2>&1
0 * * * * ~/bin/git-commit.rb push >> ~/Writing-Projects/writing-data/auto-push.log 2>&1

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