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Gulp-Git-Watch

Gulp utility to constantly check Git for updates and trigger events when detected.

var gulp = require('gulp');
var gitWatch = require('gulp-git-watch');

gulp.task('git-watch', function() {
	gitWatch()
		.on('check', function() {
			console.log('CHECK!');
		})
		.on('change', function(newHash, oldHash) {
			console.log('CHANGES! FROM', oldHash, '->', newHash);
		});
});

Options

Option	Default	Description
`poll`	10 * 1000 - 10s	How often gulp-git-watch should poll Git for changes
`initialPoll`	10 * 1000 - 10s	How long gulp-git-watch should wait after the initial starting point to start polling
`head`	null	The initial Git HEAD value, if omitted it will be retrieved before polling
`forceHead`	false	Force always re-retrieving the current head state, only set this if other processes are likely to be triggering `git pull` events
`gitHead`	`git rev-list HEAD -n 1`	The command to use to retrieve the current Git HEAD
`gitPull`	`git pull`	The command to use to instruct Git to pull in changes

Events

Event	Description
`check()`	Triggered when gulp-git-watch polls Git for changes
`change(newHash, oldHash)`	Triggered when Git has updated from the old hash to a new hash
`nochange(hash)`	Triggered when no Git changes were found

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undefined settings.head = this.head[0]

I´m trying to use the plugin but it´s seems that this.command_response is never returned?

[14:08:38] Starting 'git-watch'...
[14:08:38] Finished 'git-watch' after 1.06 ms
CHECK!
..\node_modules\gulp-git-watch\index.js:33
                                                        settings.head = this.head[0];
TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined

here is my gulpfile.js

var gulp = require('gulp');
var gitWatch = require('gulp-git-watch');

gulp.task('git-watch', function() {
    gitWatch({
        gitPull: ['git', 'pull', 'origin', 'master'],
        forceHead: true
    })
        .on('check', function() {
            console.log('CHECK!');
        })
        .on('change', function(newHash, oldHash) {
            console.log('CHANGES! FROM', oldHash, '->', newHash);
        });
});