How can I automatically push changes from a remote repository to Github?

Question

I have been trying using crontab to automatically run a bash script that pushes changes into github. When I run the script in the shell command line, it works perfectly. But it isn´t working with crontab.

This is my crontab file (it is executing every 2 minutes because of testing purposes):

*/2 * * * * ./script.sh

This is my script:

#!/bin/bash
cd /path/to/repo.git
git push origin

Because of testing purposes I removed the passphrase for the ssh key for the connection with github

Answer 1

Try

$ git push -q origin

That is, assuming that git is in a standard directory. Otherwise, add the whole path. Also, check the output in /var/log/syslog .

Answer 2

add the full path to your script in

*/2 * * * * ./script.sh

and add a touch /tmp/my-check-file to the script, to see if it actually runs.