getting notifications when style changes?

Is it possible to get e-mail notifications when a particular style is changed?
  • Nothing built in. You could see if you can set up an IFTTT that watches commits to https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles and sends you an e-mail if they contain a specific file. (www.ifttt.com -- that's probably the easiest to set up; there are other similar services)
  • I found a service that allows you to track specific files in GitHub repositories: http://github-file-watcher.com/

    (you would give the repo address, "https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles", and the file name of the style you're interested in, e.g. "apa.csl")
  • You don't say why you want this, but note too that Zotero updates styles automatically.
  • Thank you Rintze, that's exactly what I'm looking for.


    @Dan Stillman: I did not know that. I've been telling my users to reinstall our style, when I have updated it.
    Does Zotero update all installed styles when you start firefox? I can't seem to find anything about it in the documentation?
  • It updates styles installed from the Zotero styles page (which I assume is what you mean, since you're asking here) once a day. Styles installed from elsewhere aren't currently updated automatically.
  • (This is "Automatically check for updated translators and styles" in the General pane of the preferences.)
  • It updates styles installed from the Zotero styles page ... Styles installed from elsewhere aren't currently updated automatically.
    Dan, the way you wrote this suggests that updating is dependent on how a style was installed. But whether styles are updated only depends on their metadata, right? (style ID, "self"/"independent-parent" link)
  • That's correct -- that's why we tell people to change the ID of custom styles, since they'll be overwritten otherwise.

    I think what Dan means to say is that styles not _hosted_ by Zotero aren't auto-updated (which, theoretically, they could be if the self link pointed to a valid URL).
  • I think what Dan means to say is that styles not _hosted_ by Zotero aren't auto-updated (which, theoretically, they could be if the self link pointed to a valid URL).
    Yes.
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