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swah
Suggestion accepted. Now I only I could play a random sound...
mapleoin
You could try something like this:

  timeout 3s cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
ciupicri
There's no /dev/dsp on Fedora. This should be a more portable solution:

   dd if=/dev/urandom bs=176400 count=3 | play -t raw -r 44100 -e signed-integer -b 16 -c 2 -\
play is a part of the SoX software (Sound eXchange, the Swiss Army knife of audio manipulation).
jeebusroxors
Untested, but should get you close enough.

    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    F_NUM=$(($RANDOM % $(ls ~/.git/sounds/$i| wc -l)))
    n=0
    for i in *
      do
       if [[ n -eq $F_NUM ]]
         then
           afplay ~/.git/sounds/$i > /dev/null 2>&1 &
       fi
       n=$((n + 1))
    done
slug
My version:

#!/bin/bash

  SOUNDPATH=${HOME}/.play-random/sounds

  if [ ! -d ${SOUNDPATH} ]; then
      echo "Create and populate '${SOUNDPATH}' directory"
      exit 1;
  fi

  SOUNDS=($(ls "${SOUNDPATH}"))
  NUM_SOUNDS=${#SOUNDS[*]}

  if [ ${NUM_SOUNDS} -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "No sound files found in '${SOUNDPATH}' directory"
      exit 1;
  fi

  # select which sound to play
  SOUND="${SOUNDPATH}/${SOUNDS[$((RANDOM%NUM_SOUNDS))]}"
  echo ${SOUND}

  /usr/bin/aplay ${SOUND}
code at: http://aeminium.org/slug/software/shell/#play.random.sh

There's a way of removing that ls ${DIR} and use an echo ${DIR}/* at the expense of making it a bit uglier to detect when there's no sound files.

muitocomplicado 

  #!/bin/sh

  SOUND=$(ls ~/Sounds |sort -R |tail -1)
  afplay ~/Sounds/$SOUND > /dev/null 2>&1 &
arthurk
You could also use a Nabaztag and let the rabbit dance on post-commit.
avar
That thing is really creepy if you do a git-rebase with a lot of commits.
mgrouchy
I have been playing around with doing something like this, but on deploy rather then commit, just to get some audible recognition of a successful deploy or failure.
city41
I got this to work in Windows using msysgit. I downloaded sndrec32.exe (which used to come with Windows but no longer does, stand alone exe that can play wavs at the command line) and added this to my post-commit

/path/to/sndrec32.exe -play -close -embedding /path/to/happykids.wav

jazzychad
We do this at Notifo once we push committed code to GitHub. We get a message on our phones using Notifo and the GitHub hooks that plays, coincidentally, that same kids cheering sound. We also have a Commit Cam in the office which posts to DailyBooth to capture commit rapture. The first one came out perfect: http://dailybooth.com/jazzychad/6742332
sxtxixtxcxh
I set up my svn commands to play the Super Mario Bros theme from 1-1 while committing.

If successful, it plays the level complete jingle, and if it fails, Mario dies.

asksol
I commit so often, I'm afraid the first cheer won't finish before the second starts.
limmeau
Git hooks aside (MacOS's "say" command can also help here), I like the way Brandon's picture pops out from under the article. It is one of those pieces that's so fun to use that I end up using it a few times extra, like the cup holder in my former boss's Saab 9000 or the carrying handle of my girlfriend's Bernina sewing machine.
j_baker
I'd really like to have this as the sound that plays whenever you do a successful merge in svn.