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Xpl0yt91 / git-updater
Created June 21, 2023 09:56 — forked from adilbaig/git-updater
A bash script to update your git repos in the background. It also pops up a user notification when a repo is synced
#!/bin/bash
# This is required for `notify-send` to work from within a cron.
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/298608/notify-send-doesnt-work-from-crontab/346580#346580
eval "export $(egrep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS /proc/$(pgrep -u $LOGNAME gnome-session)/environ)";
# syncAndWink
#
# Syncs all remotely-tracked branches on a git repo passed as first argument ($1). It also pulls any new branches
# and tags attached to the repo.