git-find

A tool (cli & lib) to find and broadcast commands on local git repositories.

• Why
• Usage Cli
  • Template format
    • Possibles values
    • For scripting
    • Samples
• Install
  • From cargo
  • From binaries
  • From source
• Related and similar
  • Informations
  • Actions (broadcast)
• TODO

Why

Because I need a tool to list and to reorg my local git repositories.

Usage Cli

$> git find -h
git-find 0.5.0
davidB
A tool (cli & lib) to find local git repositories.

USAGE:
    git-find [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [DIR]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information
    -v, --verbose    Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc.) print on stderr

OPTIONS:
    -t, --tmpl <format>    format of the output print on stdout [default: {{with .working_paths}}{{if
                           .conflicted}}C{{else}} {{end}}{{if .modified}}M{{else}}{{if .added}}M{{else}}{{if
                           .deleted}}M{{else}}{{if .renamed}}M{{else}} {{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if
                           .untracked}}U{{else}} {{end}}{{end}} {{ .path.file_name }}   {{ .path.full }}        {{with
                           .remotes.origin}} {{ .name }} {{.url_full}} {{end}}]

ARGS:
    <DIR>    root directory of the search [default: .]

• sample output with default template (M : Modification uncommitted, U: Untracked)

  $> git-find .       
          sbt-scalabuff   /home/dwayne/src/github.com/sbt/sbt-scalabuff    origin https://github.com/sbt/sbt-scalabuff.git 
  MU     ML      /home/dwayne/src/github.com/samynk/ML    origin https://github.com/samynk/ML.git 
          BlenderSourceTools      /home/dwayne/src/github.com/Artfunkel/BlenderSourceTools         origin git@github.com:Artfunkel/BlenderSourceTools.git 
          three.js        /home/dwayne/src/github.com/mrdoob/three.js      origin git@github.com:mrdoob/three.js.git 
  MU     Yadef   /home/dwayne/src/github.com/zzuegg/Yadef         origin git@github.com:zzuegg/Yadef.git 
  MU     dmonkey /home/dwayne/src/github.com/kwando/dmonkey       origin https://github.com/kwando/dmonkey.git 
  MU     getdown /home/dwayne/src/github.com/threerings/getdown   origin https://github.com/threerings/getdown.git 
          dart-protoc-plugin      /home/dwayne/src/github.com/dart-lang/dart-protoc-plugin         origin git@github.com:dart-lang/dart-protoc-plugin.git 
  M      vdrones /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/vdrones       origin git@github.com:davidB/vdrones.git 
          shader_editor   /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/shader_editor         origin git@github.com:davidB/shader_editor.git 
          scala-maven-plugin      /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/scala-maven-plugin    origin git@github.com:davidB/scala-maven-plugin.git 
          simpleaudio     /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/simpleaudio   origin git@github.com:davidB/simpleaudio.git 
  MU     ld31_p0cm0n     /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/ld31_p0cm0n   origin git@github.com:davidB/ld31_p0cm0n.git 
          livereload-jvm  /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/livereload-jvm        origin git@github.com:davidB/livereload-jvm.git 
          dart-protobuf   /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/dart-protobuf         origin git@github.com:davidB/dart-protobuf.git 
    U     jme3_skel       /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/jme3_skel     origin git@github.com:davidB/jme3_skel.git 
          asset_pack      /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/asset_pack    origin git@github.com:davidB/asset_pack.git 
          git-find        /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/git-find      origin git@github.com:davidB/git-find.git 
          jme3_ext_assettools     /home/dwayne/src/github.com/davidB/jme3_ext_assettools   origin git@github.com:davidB/jme3_ext_assettools.git 
          ...
  

• broadcast git status to every repositories

  git find -t 'cd {{ .path.full }}; echo "\n\n----\n$PWD"; git status' | sh
  

• clean git repository (to free space)

  git find -t 'cd {{ .path.full }} && git clean -d -X -f' | sh
  

Template format

The template format is a subset of golang text/template.

Possibles values

!! Experimental: values could change with future release !!

• .path
  • .file_name
  • .full
• .remotes
  • .<name_of_remote> : eg 'origin'
    • .name
    • .url_full
    • .url_host
    • .url_path
• .working_paths
  • .conflicted : list of path
  • .modified : list of path
  • .added : list of path
  • .deleted : list of path
  • .renamed : list of path
  • .untracked : list of path

For scripting

1. Use explicit template within your script (the default template could change with each release)
2. If the template is a shell script (the tips could be used with every interpreter: python, ruby, ...), then you can

# run it directly
git find -t '...' | sh

# generate a script and run it later (maybe after review)
git find -t '...' > myscript.sh
sh myscript.sh

Samples

• to list local repository

  {{ .path.file_name }}\t{{ .path.full }}
  

• to list local repository with origin url

  {{ .path.file_name }}\t{{ .path.full }}\t{{with .remotes.origin}} {{ .name }} {{.url_full}} {{.url_host}} {{.url_path}} {{end}}
  

• to create a sh script to "git fetch" on every repository

  cd {{ .path.full }}; echo "\n\n---------------------------------------------\n$PWD"; git fetch
  

• to create a sh script to move git repository under $HOME/src (same layout as go workspace)

  echo "\n\n---------------------------------------------\n"
  PRJ_SRC="{{ .path.full }}"
  {{if .remotes.origin}}
  PRJ_DST="$HOME/src/{{ .remotes.origin.url_host }}/{{ .remotes.origin.url_path}}"
  {{else}}
  PRJ_DST=$HOME/src/_local_/{{ .path.file_name}}
  {{end}}
  if [ ! -d "$PRJ_DST" ] ; then
    read -p "move $PRJ_SRC to $PRJ_DST ?" answer
    case $answer in
      [yY]* )
          mkdir -p $(dirname "$PRJ_DST")
          mv "$PRJ_SRC" "$PRJ_DST"
          ;;
      * ) ;;
    esac
  fi
  

• to list repo with some info (the default template of version 0.4.1)

  {{with .working_paths}}{{if .conflicted}}C{{else}} {{end}}{{if .modified}}M{{else}}{{if .added}}M{{else}}{{if .deleted}}M{{else}}{{if .renamed}}M{{else}} {{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if .untracked}}U{{else}} {{end}}{{end}}\t{{ .path.file_name }}\t{{ .path.full }}\t{{with .remotes.origin}} {{ .name }} {{.url_full}} {{end}}
  

Install

From cargo

With Rust's package manager cargo, you can install via:

cargo install git-find

Note that rust version 1.26.0 or later is required.

From binaries

!! Experimental !!

The release page includes precompiled binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows.

• download archives for your OS
• unarchive it, and move the executable into the PATH

tar -xzvf git-find_0.3.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
chmod a+x git-find
mv git-find $HOME/bin
rm git-find_0.2.2-linux.tar.gz

From source

git clone https://github.com/davidB/git-find

# Build
cd git-find
cargo build

# Run unit tests and integration tests
cargo test

# Install
cargo install

Related and similar

Some tools to help management of multi repository But not the same features, else no need to re-do.

Informations

• peap/git-global: Keep track of all your git repositories. (I quickly look at the source to estimate my contribution to add features, but the "potentials" changes are too many and could change the goal usage of the tool)
• totten/git-scan: CLI tool for scanning/updating git repos
• fboender/multi-git-status: Show uncommitted, untracked and unpushed changes for multiple Git repos

Actions (broadcast)

• gr - A tool for managing multiple git repositories
• mu-repo, Tool to help working with multiple git repositories (short for Multiple Repositories).
• mr which is a tool to manage all your version control repositories.
• Repo command reference | Android Open Source Project
• jiri - Git at Google
• mateodelnorte/meta tool for turning many repos into a meta repo. why choose many repos or a monolithic repo, when you can have both with a meta repo?
• nosarthur/gita: Manage multiple git repos side by side for sanity

TODO

• find a rust template engine that support calling method (getter) on current field (or contribute to gtmpl as it's a feature of go template)
• internally use stream / queue instead of Vector
• build linux binary with musl (see rust-musl-builder)
• optimize