How do I get notifications for commits to a repository?

Question

I\'d like to know what kind of commits are being made to the Lithium framework so I can update (or rollback) when there is something major.

I\'m already watching the re

Answer 1

You can leverage the GitHub Events API to perform such task and retrieve a JSON formatted response.

• syntax: GET /repos/:user/:repo/events
• example: https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium/events

Note: In order to retrieve the commits, you'll have to filter out the events of type PushEvents.

Below a quick sample

$(function() {
    $.getJSON('https://api.github.com/repos/UnionOfRAD/lithium/events?callback=?', function(data) {
        var list = $('#push-events');

        $.each(data.data, function(key, val) {
            if (val.type == "PushEvent") {
                $.each(val.payload.commits, function(key2, val2) {
                    list.append('
'
                                + val2.message + ' [' + val.actor.login + ' @ ' + val.created_at + ']
');
                });
            }
        });
        
        if (list.children().size() == 0) {
            list.append('
No pushes in last ' + data.data.length + ' events.
');
        }
    });
});