git-pull-cron

Git clone a repo into a folder and schedule a cron job to pull updates from the remote origin.

Installation

$ npm install git-pull-cron

Usage

var gitPullCron = require('git-pull-cron');
 
/*
- Clone given repo into /dev/my-repo, replacing what's already there
- Schedule cron to run every weekday (Mon-Fri) at 11:30am
- When cron task runs, a `git pull origin master` will be performed
- Once cron task has run the callback will get invoked with latest commit info
 */
gitPullCron.init('git://my-domain.com/my-repo.git', '/dev/my-repo', '00 30 11 * * 1-5', function(err, commit) {
  if (err) {
    return console.error(err.stack);
  }
 
  console.log('Updated to commit: ' + commit.id);
});

API

.init(gitRepoUrl, localFolderPath, cronSpec, updateCallback)

Clone remote Git repository to given local folder path and schedule a cron job to git pull updates.

Params:

• gitRepoUrl - URL to remote git repo, should be actionable by git command-line executable.
• localFolderPath - Where the repository should be cloned to in the filesystem. Will get clobbered prior to cloning.
• cronSpec - The cron schedule spec, see cron
• updateCallback - OPTIONAL. A callback (err, commit) which gets invoked for every update performed. The commit parameter is an instance of Commit from gift.

Returns: A Promise which resolves to the CronJob instance.

.jobs

The current list of CronJob instances that have been setup through init(). This is useful in case you wish to modify or stop cron jobs.

LICENSE

MIT - see LICENSE.md