From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.6.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from out1.vger.email (out1.vger.email [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:20]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56ACC1F4D7 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2022 15:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1344024AbiFIPHT (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2022 11:07:19 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54678 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237275AbiFIPHN (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2022 11:07:13 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net (cloud.peff.net [104.130.231.41]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3486139D96E for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11212 invoked by uid 109); 9 Jun 2022 15:07:11 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with ESMTP; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:07:11 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 11:07:10 -0400 From: Jeff King To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com Cc: "'R. Diez'" , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to watch files in a Git repository Message-ID: References: <68627d29-8ffd-2e22-46ca-c28c9e980177@gmail.com> <007301d87bc8$69608b00$3c21a100$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <007301d87bc8$69608b00$3c21a100$@nexbridge.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 02:16:03AM -0400, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote: > 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