a quick script to call bower install and npm install automatically if bower.json or package.json are changed, respectively. this file should be called post-merge and should be placed in /.git/hooks/. it should be executable. **this hook does not get triggered if your git pulls are set to auto rebase.

post-merge

#!/bin/sh
 
# noah grant
# quick script to call bower install and npm install automatically if
# bower.json or package.json are changed, respectively.
# add to .git/hooks/
 
# this assumes one top-level file for each
 
changedfiles=( `git diff --name-only HEAD@{1}` )
 
if [[ "${changedfiles[*]}" =~ "bower.json" ]]; then
    echo "bower installing"
    bower install
fi
 
if [[ "${changedfiles[*]}" =~ "package.json" ]]; then
    echo "npm installing"
    npm install
fi