The purpose of this chrome extension is to notify when master branch of a desired repository gets a new update.
Github provides an awesome 'Watch Releases only' feature on a repo page which sends notfication when a new version of the software is released. So why is this extension needed?
This chrome comes handy when
- Repository you are interested in does not use 'Releases' (e.g. javascript-tutorial/en.javascript.info)
- You want to get to notification when the repository you admire gets new change. (Think of it like a regular exercise for reading a good code)
As of now I have no interest in publishing this to Chrome Web Store. So follow this procedure to install
- Download the zip here.
- Extract the downloaded zip file.
- In your browser, go to chrome://extensions/ and check the box for Developer mode in the top right.
- Click the Load unpacked extension button and select the extracted folder. Done!
- Go to Repository page you are interested in.
- Click 'Subscribe to Master' button.
- When there are new commits to master branch of the repo, you will get a browser notification. Extension icon in Tool bar will show number of Pending Notifications, so that if you miss browser notification, you will still know that there are new notifications.
Extension will check every 2 hours for the updates of repositories you have subscribed to.
This extension works only with Public Repositories.
- Sometimes 'Subscribe To Master' button is shown twice.
PRs are welcome. If you find any issue or have any suggestion, add it in 'Issues'.