Don't repeat GitHub star syncs more often than every two hours

Author: hasparus

.prettierignore

@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ pnpm-lock.yaml
 !src/pages/blog/2025-06-19-multioption-inputs-with-oneof/index.mdx
 *.jpg
 
-scripts/sync-sched/*.json
-src/github-stats.json
+scripts/**/*.json

package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "lint:docs": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore src/pages/learn --format stylish",
     "lint:docs:ci": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore src/pages/learn --format eslint-formatter-github",
     "postbuild": "next-sitemap",
-    "prebuild": "tsx src/get-github-info.ts",
+    "prebuild": "tsx scripts/get-github-info",
     "serve": "pnpx serve out",
     "test": "playwright test && pnpm test:unit",
     "test:e2e": "playwright test",

scripts/get-github-info/get-github-info.ts

@@ -7,13 +7,28 @@ import {
 } from "../sort-libraries/get-github-stats"
 
 const DATA_PATH = new URL("./github-stats.json", import.meta.url).pathname
+const LAST_RUN_PATH = new URL("./last-success.isodate", import.meta.url)
+  .pathname
 const CODE_DIR = new URL("../../src/code", import.meta.url).pathname
 
 async function main() {
   const filePaths = await fg("./**/*.md", { cwd: CODE_DIR, absolute: true })
 
   const errors: Error[] = []
 
+  {
+    // we only sync once every two hours
+    const TWO_HOURS = 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+    const lastRun = await fs.readFile(LAST_RUN_PATH, "utf8").catch(() => "")
+    const twoHoursAgo = new Date(Date.now() - TWO_HOURS)
+    if (lastRun && new Date(lastRun).getTime() > twoHoursAgo.getTime()) {
+      console.info(
+        "Skipping sync of GitHub stars, last run was within two hours.",
+      )
+      return
+    }
+  }
+
   const newState = new Map<string /* repo name */, GitHubInfo>()
   const filePathToRepoName = new Map<
     string /* file path */,
@@ -82,6 +97,7 @@ async function main() {
     }
 
     await fs.writeFile(DATA_PATH, JSON.stringify(result, null, 2))
+    await fs.writeFile(LAST_RUN_PATH, new Date().toISOString())
   }
 }