Get Notified When Package Dependencies Release An Update 🚀

Mohammed Mudassir — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:18:54 +0000

Problem
Keeping package dependencies up-to-date is quite important as it contains bug fixes, improvements & security updates but it gets quite hectic when the project is growing with more dependencies & keeping track of each package release is time-consuming.

What if there was a way to get notified automatically when a package has released a new update & based on its release notes you can decide whether to update the package under your dependencies or leave it as it is.

Introducing Bonditore

Banditore retrieves new releases from your starred GitHub repositories and generates an Atom feed with them & its completely free.

Account Setup
Star the repositories whose updates are important for you then create an account in Banditore using your Github ( make sure its the same account using which you’ve starred the repo’s)

Once the login is successful, reload the page and it will show you the latest releases & if doesn’t show then logout and log back in.

Notification Setup
Copy the feed link which Banditore provides in the dashboard and then install RSS Feed Reader extension in your browser. Once the installation is done setup the extension by going to its settings page & paste the feed link inside the search field and click search.

Once the search is complete it will show the feed info, Click on follow and its going to pop up the feed settings so setup it up as per your preference.

Now sit back and relax, When a new release / tag is available, you’ll know it right away & when you click of any of the feed update it will redirect you to the official github release page which contains the release notes.

Helpful Links
https://bandito.re/
https://github.community/t/rss-feeds-for-github-projects/292/2

DEV Community: Mohammed Mudassir

Get Notified When Package Dependencies Release An Update 🚀