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by pearjuice
3846 days ago
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Using "github" in your domain name limits you to github (many other repository services exist) and makes you a potential target for trademark claims. Also, I think you are onto something. Git remotes are mostly passive, where you have to pull to see whether there are any updates. There is no subscription model to get notified of changes. You have to actively pull to find out what is new. You should try to make this as a standalone service, which works with Git remotes, not just a Git hosting party. Then locally, you can pull the repo/commits and check what has updated (diff) and inform subscribers accordingly. |
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I'm trying to validate whether there's any interest in something this, so I definitely cut a lot of corners (e.g. the app doesn't maintain a copy of the repository — it just uses the GitHub API). Also using GitHub in the name might not have been the best idea.. though! ;)
I agree with you regarding the usefulness of watching arbitrary repositories. There's already git-notifier [0] that does pretty much this, but you have to set it up for yourself and it has to be configured using a text file.
[0]: http://www.icir.org/robin/git-notifier/