octopussy.sh

#!/bin/bash

## MOVED TO https://github.com/sickill/git-dude

INTERVAL=30
ICON_PATH=`pwd`/icon.png
export LC_ALL=C # make sure git talks english

while [ 1 ]; do
  for dir_name in *; do
    if [[ -d $dir_name ]]; then
      repo_name=$(basename $dir_name .git)
      cd $dir_name

      CHANGES=$(git fetch -v 2>&1 | grep -F -- '->')

      while read -r line; do
        case $line in
          *..*)
            commit_range=$(echo "$line" | awk '{ print $1 }')
            branch_name=$(echo "$line" | awk '{ print $2 }')
            commit_messages=$(git log $commit_range --pretty=format:'%s (%an)')
            notify-send -i $ICON_PATH "New commits in $repo_name/$branch_name" "$commit_messages"
            ;;
          *new*)
            branch_name=$(echo "$line" | awk '{ print $4 }')
            notify-send -i $ICON_PATH "New branch $repo_name/$branch_name"
            ;;
        esac
      done <<< "$CHANGES"

      cd - &>/dev/null
    fi
  done

  sleep $INTERVAL
done