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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ebecd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +`watch-vcs-tags` +================ + +Scripts that given a list of repository roots as arguments look for new tags +available on remote systems, and report the repository name and a tab-indented +list of new tags, if any. + +Presently only `watch-git-tags` is implemented (well, published). This is all +implemented in POSIX `sh`, but does require a `mktemp(1)` implementation that +supports the `-d` option to create temporary directories. + + $ watch-git-tags ~/.local/src/ed/vim + /home/tom/.local/src/ed/vim + v8.0.0858 + +You can install it in `/usr/local/bin` with: + + # make install + +You can define a `PREFIX` to install it elsewhere: + + $ make install PREFIX="$HOME"/.local + +If you keep a list of your repository paths in a file like `~/.watch-git-tags`, +you could put this in a `crontab(5)` task to email you new tags: + + xargs watch-git-tags < ~/.watch-git-tags-repos + +Another option is to watch all repositories in a specific directory: + + watch-git-tags "$HOME"/.local/src/watch/* + +License +------- + +Copyright (c) [Tom Ryder][1]. Distributed under an [MIT License][2]. + +[1]: https://sanctum.geek.nz/ +[2]: https://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT |