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Re: How to watch files in a Git repository

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 9, 2022, 15:07 UTC
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 02:16:03AM -0400, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
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> I am unsure this solves the question. Is the OP looking for anyone who
> modifies any set or subset of files in any clone or in the upstream
> repo? This is generally considered a "watch" function and is sometimes
> available on the upstream repo manager, like GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket
> rather than in core git, so take into account changes made anywhere.

In the original message the OP said they wanted to watch repos to which they only have read access. So I think any solution has to be "fetch and check for changes".

-Peff
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