hs.hsadmin.ng/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests

#!/bin/bash

# get the current branch name
BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

while true; do

  # get the latest commit hashes from origin and local
  git fetch origin
  LOCAL=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
  REMOTE=$(git rev-parse origin/$BRANCH)

  # check if the local branch differs from the remote branch
  if [ "$LOCAL" != "$REMOTE" ]; then
    echo "local $LOCAL differs from remote $REMOTE => pulling changes from origin"
    git pull origin $BRANCH

    # run the command
    echo "Running ./gradlew test"
    source .aliases # only variables, aliases are not expanded in scripts
    ./gradlew test
  else
    echo "no changes detected on the origin branch"
  fi

  echo -e "waiting for changes..."
  sleep 10
  echo -e "\r\033[K"
done