<# .SYNOPSIS Watch commits live. .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script continuously lists the latest commit in a Git repository in real-time. .PARAMETER pathToRepo Specifies the file path to the local Git repository. .EXAMPLE PS> ./watch-commits.ps1 ❇️ Updated general.csv by Markus Fleschutz (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$pathToRepo = "$PWD", [int]$updateInterval = 30, [int]$speed = 17) try { Write-Progress "Searching for Git executable..." $null = (git --version) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'git' - make sure Git is installed and available" } Write-Progress "Checking local Git repository..." if (-not(Test-Path "$pathToRepo" -pathType container)) { throw "Can't access directory: $pathToRepo" } Write-Progress -completed "Done." Write-Host "" Write-Host "TIME COMMIT" Write-Host "---- ------" $prevLine = "" $tzOffset = (Get-Timezone).BaseUtcOffset.TotalSeconds for (;;) { & git -C "$pathToRepo" fetch --all --recurse-submodules=no --jobs=1 --quiet if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git fetch' failed" } $line = (git -C "$pathToRepo" log origin --format=format:'%at %s by %an%d' --max-count=1) if ($line -eq $prevLine) { Start-Sleep -seconds $updateInterval continue } $unixTimestamp = [int64]$line.Substring(0,10) $time = (Get-Date -day 1 -month 1 -year 1970 -hour 0 -minute 0 -second 0).AddSeconds($unixTimestamp) $time = $time.AddSeconds($tzOffset) $timeString = $time.ToString("HH:mm") $message = $line.Substring(11) & "$PSScriptRoot/write-typewriter.ps1" "$timeString $message" $speed $prevLine = $line } exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }