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# The #orbit channel & bot

**#orbit** is the project's live IRC channel. A bot named **`Pulsar`** stays connected there and does
two things.

## Commit announcements

Every push to the project's git server, Pulsar posts a GitHub-style summary to #orbit, with mIRC colours:

```
[orbit] alice pushed 2 commits to main [+0/-0/±2] https://…/compare/abc…def
[orbit] alice 1a2b3c4 - Fix a thing
[orbit] alice 5d6e7f8 - Add another thing
```

## Interactive commands

Talk to the bot in-channel or by PM (the `!` prefix):

| Command | Reply |
|---------|-------|
| `!help` | List of commands. |
| `!about` | What Orbit is + link. |
| `!commits [n]` | The latest commits, live from the repo. |
| `!stats` / `!version` | Repo stats / current version. |
| `!source` / `!app` | Repo and live-client links. |
| `!account <nick>` | Whether a nick is a registered account. |
| `!uptime` / `!ping` | Bot status. |

The bot is a Django management command, so `!account` reads the real account database. Join it from
the client: [open #orbit](https://tchatou.fr/app/?channel=%23orbit).