README

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* Playing a sound when a new commit has been made *
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1. Get some sound files
2. Set-up git-sound-effect.rb
3. Clone the repository that you want to monitor for commits
4. Set-up a Git post-merge hook
5. Set-up update-soundrepo.sh that will do the git pull for you
6. Edit crontab to run the update-soundrepo.sh every 30 seconds.

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* git-sound-effect.rb *
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#!/usr/bin/ruby
sounds = ["~/git-commit-sound-1.wav",
	"~/git-commit-sound-2.wav"]
chosen = sounds[rand(sounds.size)]
%x[ play #{chosen} > /dev/null 2>&1 ]

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* Git post-merge hook *
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#!/bin/sh
# echo "POST MERGE"

# Play sound if new stuff comes in
~/git-sound-effect.rb

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* update-soundrepo.sh *
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#!/bin/sh
export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true
cd ~/soundrepo
git pull > /dev/null 2>&1

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* Crontab *
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# m h  dom mon dow   command
* * * * * sleep 30; ~/update-soundrepo.sh
* * * * * ~/update-soundrepo.sh