timestep/github_post_commit.js

## gistfile1.txt
Steps:
0. Checkout your git repo from the server
1. Upload both of these files to the same directory on your server
2. chmod +x restart_node.sh
3. nohup node github_post_commit.js 2>&1 >> github_post_commit.log &
4. In the github admin for your repo, set a post commit hook to the url http://<your host>:8080/
5. Make a commit to your repo
6. Point a browser at http://<your host>:8080/ and you should see the commit

## github_post_commit.js
var http = require( 'http' ),
    querystring = require( 'querystring' ),
    exec = require( 'child_process' ).exec;

process.on( "uncaughtException", function( error ) {
  console.error( "Uncaught exception: " + error.message );
  console.trace();
});

var last_payload = {};

http.createServer( function( request, response ) {
  if( request.method == 'GET' ) {
    response.writeHead( 200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'} );
    response.write( "<html><body><pre>" );
    response.write( JSON.stringify(last_payload, null, '\t') );
    response.write( "</pre></body></html>" );
    response.end();
  } else {
    var body = '';
    request.on( 'data', function( chunk ) {
      body += chunk.toString();
    });

    request.on( 'end', function() {
      last_payload = JSON.parse( querystring.parse( body ).payload );
      console.log( new Date(), request.method, request.url, last_payload );

      exec( "./restart_node.sh", function( error, stdout, stderr ) {
        response.writeHead( 200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'} );
        response.end( error ? stderr : stdout );
      });
    });
  }
}).listen( 8080 );

console.log( 'Server running at http://*:8080/' );

## restart_node.sh
#!/bin/bash

cd //relevant directory
git pull

if [ ! -d log ]; then
  mkdir log
fi

npm install

pkill -f 'node server.js'
NODE_ENV=production PORT=80 nohup node server.js >> log/node.log &
	Steps:
	0. Checkout your git repo from the server
	1. Upload both of these files to the same directory on your server
	2. chmod +x restart_node.sh
	3. nohup node github_post_commit.js 2>&1 >> github_post_commit.log &
	4. In the github admin for your repo, set a post commit hook to the url http://<your host>:8080/
	5. Make a commit to your repo
	6. Point a browser at http://<your host>:8080/ and you should see the commit
	var http = require( 'http' ),
	querystring = require( 'querystring' ),
	exec = require( 'child_process' ).exec;

	process.on( "uncaughtException", function( error ) {
	console.error( "Uncaught exception: " + error.message );
	console.trace();
	});

	var last_payload = {};

	http.createServer( function( request, response ) {
	if( request.method == 'GET' ) {
	response.writeHead( 200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'} );
	response.write( "<html><body><pre>" );
	response.write( JSON.stringify(last_payload, null, '\t') );
	response.write( "</pre></body></html>" );
	response.end();
	} else {
	var body = '';
	request.on( 'data', function( chunk ) {
	body += chunk.toString();
	});

	request.on( 'end', function() {
	last_payload = JSON.parse( querystring.parse( body ).payload );
	console.log( new Date(), request.method, request.url, last_payload );

	exec( "./restart_node.sh", function( error, stdout, stderr ) {
	response.writeHead( 200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'} );
	response.end( error ? stderr : stdout );
	});
	});
	}
	}).listen( 8080 );

	console.log( 'Server running at http://*:8080/' );
	#!/bin/bash

	cd //relevant directory
	git pull

	if [ ! -d log ]; then
	mkdir log
	fi

	npm install

	pkill -f 'node server.js'
	NODE_ENV=production PORT=80 nohup node server.js >> log/node.log &