bin/gh-read

#!/bin/sh
#
# pbrisbin 2014 - details:
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# - http://blog.adamspiers.org/2014/10/05/managing-your-github-notifications-inbox-with-mutt/
# - https://github.com/aspiers/mutt.pub/blob/master/bin/read-github-notification
#
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beacon_re='https://github\.com/notifications/beacon/.*\.gif'
beacon_url="$(tr -d '\n' | grep -o "$beacon_re")"

[ -n "$beacon_url" ] && curl --silent "$beacon_url" >/dev/null &