# A script that keeps track of your favorite Git/SVN projects?

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**Created:** [March 23, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-script-that-keeps-track-of-your-favorite-git-svn-projects/132711 "2008-03-23T21:59:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![SSKyrre\_NygSSSSrdSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SSKyrre\_NygSSSSrdSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSKyrre_NygSSSSrdSS)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-script-that-keeps-track-of-your-favorite-git-svn-projects/132711/1 "2008-03-23T21:59:58Z")

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Hi there,

Has anybody ever written a script that keeps track of your favorite Git  
(and SVN) projects? E.g. sends you an e-mail every time a revision has  
been made, with details like the summary, time and date, author and code  
differences.

I’ve modified a few projects to my liking, so much that any change made  
to the original would have to be added manually. I also think it would  
be a great way to learn.

I can’t imagine anything better than a neat little Ruby script stacked  
inside my crontab. I’m still a rookie though, otherwise I’d have made my  
own already.

Kyrre

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**Author:** ![SSKyrre\_NygSSSSrdSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SSKyrre\_NygSSSSrdSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSKyrre_NygSSSSrdSS)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-script-that-keeps-track-of-your-favorite-git-svn-projects/132711/2 "2008-03-23T22:11:05Z")

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On Mar 23, 5:59 pm, “Kyrre Nygård” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Has anybody ever written a script that keeps track of your favorite Git (and SVN) projects? E.g. sends you an e-mail every time a revision has been made, with details like the summary, time and date, author and code differences.
> 
> I’ve modified a few projects to my liking, so much that any change made to the original would have to be added manually. I also think it would be a great way to learn.
> 
> I can’t imagine anything better than a neat little Ruby script stacked inside my crontab. I’m still a rookie though, otherwise I’d have made my own already.

Maybe you can get some RSS/Atom feeds from these project, I did that  
in the past with subtlety [1] for SVN respositories, and I think you  
can use the feed generated in the web server that host your git  
repositories (did that for Rubinius and some of the github ones).

[1] [http://subtlety.errtheblog.com/](http://subtlety.errtheblog.com/)

HTH,