Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it
Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:04:44AM +0200, lee wrote:
>> how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without
>> first fetching or pulling the remote repo?
>
> This is an interesting question and I don't know the answer to it, perhaps it
> is not yet possible. However, you might be able to solve the problem you have
> in a different way: do you have write access to the remote repository? If so,
> you should look into installing a post-update hook which will email you upon
> commits being made to that repository.
Unfortunately, I don't have write access to the remote repos I want to
be informed about.
Perhaps there's a mailing list for git ... If it turns out that what
I'm trying isn't possible, I'll make feature request.
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