Check for new commits on GitLab with desktop notification (see tutorial.md)

checkAllProjects.sh

#!/bin/bash
# @kernoeb

# PLEASE SEE tutorial.md

token="gitlab_token"
directory="/path/to/scripts/directory" # script directory
config="/home/USER/.config/checkAllCommits" # config directory
file="checkCommitsNotif.sh"
/bin/bash $directory/$file $config $directory $token repo name master # please write "master"
/bin/bash $directory/$file $config $directory $token repo name dev # another branch

/bin/bash $directory/$file $config $directory $token repo name2 master

checkCommitsNotif.sh

#!/bin/bash

default_orga="$4"
default_project="$5"
token="$3"
theDirectory="$1"
directory="$2"
branch="$6"
tmpname=$default_orga-$default_project-$branch
theFile="$theDirectory/$tmpname"
git="https://github.com/vlevit/notify-send.sh"
display=:1 # If the browser does not open on notification clic, try :0

mkdir -p $theDirectory

[[ ! -f "$theFile" ]] && touch $theDirectory/$tmpname && echo nothing > $theDirectory/$tmpname

commits=`curl -s --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $token" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/$default_orga%2F$default_project/repository/commits/$branch"`
new=`jq -rj .committed_date <<< $commits`
author_name=`jq -rj .author_name <<< $commits`
title=`jq -rj .title <<< $commits`
url=`jq -rj .web_url <<< $commits`

last=`cat $theDirectory/$tmpname`
if [ $new != $last ]
then
	echo "New commit!"
	echo $new > $theDirectory/$tmpname
	[ ! -d $directory/notify-send.sh ] && git clone $git $directory/notify-send.sh
	cd $directory
	XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u) /bin/bash ./notify-send.sh/notify-send.sh -d "export DISPLAY=$display && xdg-open $url" "$title | $default_orga/$default_project ($branch)" "$author_name"
	
fi

tutorial.md

Usage :

1. Save checkCommitsNotif.sh in a file, wherever you want

2. Save checkAllProjects.sh in another file, in the same directory

3. Edit file (configuration) :

   • Replace USER (line 4) with your user (echo $USER)
   • Replace gitlab_token with your GitLab token (see here)
   • Replace repo name with something like "google Python", for example.

4. Now, open a terminal

5. Install theses packages :

sudo apt install libnotify-bin
sudo apt install jq

6. Run this command

crontab -e

At the end of the file, add :

* * * * * /bin/bash /location/of/checkAllProjects.sh

Note : That means every minute, see crontab.guru

You're done ! 🎉 Now, you'll get a notification when there's a new commit. Clicking on the notification will open the URL on your browser.