Ruby script for tracking changes

Getting started

• This assumes your machine has Ruby environment. Clone the repo, cd into it and run bundle install to install dependencies (gem install bundle if gem bundle is not already installed).

• How it works: The script downloads the page/file you specify and git commits any change it detects. It can be set up to run at intervals with crontab. git push --quiet option means you will only get notified by email if an error is encountered.

If system Ruby is installed:

• Replace the top line of run.rb with: #!/usr/bin/env ruby

• Edit crontab with crontab -e:

MAILTO="[your email]"
# every 10 minutes
*/10 * * * * path/to/file/run.rb

If Ruby is installed with RVM:

• Get Ruby binary: which ruby

• In crontab:

MAILTO="[your email]"
*/10 * * * * [Ruby binary] all ruby do path/to/file/run.rb

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