⚙️ GitHub fork status monitor
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Description
This workflow helps you keep an eye on your GitHub forks, notifying you when they fall behind or pull ahead of their upstream repositories.
How It Works
- Fetches All Your Repos: The workflow starts by grabbing a list of all repositories owned by your GitHub account.
- Filters for Forks: It then intelligently filters this list to identify only your forked repositories.
- Compares Branches: For each identified fork, it compares its default branch against the upstream repository’s default branch to find out how many commits it’s ahead or behind.
- Filters for Changes: Only forks that are either ahead or behind their upstream (i.e., not perfectly in sync) are processed further.
- Generates Report: A concise, well-formatted report is compiled, highlighting the status and commit differences for each relevant fork.
- Sends Telegram Notification: Finally, this report is sent directly to your Telegram chat, keeping you informed in real-time.
Setup Steps
- Copy the template
- Update triggers ( optional )
- Update the credentials
Prerequisites
- GitHub Credentials: You’ll need to provide your GitHub personal access token for the “Get All Repositories” and “Compare Branches API Call” nodes.
- Telegram Bot Setup: Configure a Telegram Bot and obtain its API token and your chat ID for the “Send Report” node.
- Github Owner Username: Update the “Get All Repositories” node with the GitHub username of the repository owner whose forks you want to monitor.
Explore & Fine-Tune: All detailed instructions and explanations, including how to adjust the filtering logic or output formatting, are provided in sticky notes directly within the workflow canvas.
🔗 Nodes Used
GitHub, HTTP Request, Telegram, Telegram Trigger, Filter
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File