Remote Commit Watcher

Automatically checks for new commits on the remote GitHub branch compared to your local branch and notifies you with details.

Features

• Automated Polling: Checks for remote updates at a configurable interval.
• Detailed Notifications: improving your workflow by displaying:
  • Committer Name
  • Commit Hash
  • Commit Time
• Manual Check: Command to force a check immediately.
• Configurable: Customize polling interval and notification behavior.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• remoteCommitWatcher.checkInterval: Interval in seconds to check for remote commits (default: 30 seconds).
• remoteCommitWatcher.notificationPersistence: Controls notification behavior:
  • auto-dismiss: Notification disappears automatically after a few seconds (default).
  • persistent: Notification stays until you dismiss it (Modal).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.80.0 or higher.
• A GitHub repository opened in VS Code.

Known Issues

• Currently only supports repositories hosted on GitHub.
• Requires git to be installed and available in the system path.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Inital release with:

• Remote polling.
• Detailed commit notifications.
• Settings for interval and persistence.