Git: Auto commit contents of a windows folder

Question

We have a shared folder on our network. Is there a way to auto commit and push the changes of the folder (say every hour) to the remote Stash repository? Thanks.

Answer 1

There's a bunch of opensource tools to do git autocommit. However, they solve a slightly different task: making a commit just after a change is detected.

https://github.com/mvgrimes/git-autocommit

https://github.com/riddochc/git-autocommit

Also, you can make a batch file and schedule it to run each hour:

#!/bin/sh
cd path/to/your/project
git add --all
timestamp() {
  date +"at %H:%M:%S on %d/%m/%Y"
}
git commit -am "Regular auto-commit $(timestamp)"
git push

If anyone knows how to insert a timestamp in batch file, you're welcome to edit this answer.

Answer 2

You can do it if you convert the folder to a git project and then by adding hooks it can do what ever you want on every commit and or push that was made.

If its not a git repository you will need some other third party to handle it for you.