Feature: Execute scripts on events

[sinnlosername]

Could you add a feature to execute shell scripts on specific events.

Examples what I mean with events:

• Something is pushed into a repo
• A pull request was accept
• An issue was created/closed
• ...

The feature would be helpful as users could add their own features like notifications, automated emails, etc....

[jonasfranz]

You could use Webhooks for this. You could write for example an easy PHP script which executes your custom features and which is called by the webhook.

[jonasfranz]

Or you could use git hooks (https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) for some specific events.

[sinnlosername]

Yes, but I think it would be easier to do it with shell scripts, as most features require shell commands and you won't have problems with permissions.

Git hooks are clientside, aren't they

[jonasfranz]

No, git hooks can be server side too.

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks#_server_side_hooks

You could find this in your repository settings under "Git-Hooks".

[sinnlosername]

Events on push work with it, but issue listener or something like that aren't possible, are they?

[lunny]

As @JonasFranzDEV said, you could use webhook do that or you can edit custom git hooks on repository settings. I think that's enough for most things.

[sinnlosername]

Why don't you just copy webhooks and execute a shell script with all of it?

[sapk]

This could be a good first example/implementation for #2222 with a plugin listening on event and executing a list of shell script.

[3shirtlessmen]

I do exactly these things with server side githooks. I use a mix of shell / python scripts to accomplish what I want.