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#1

I'd like a bash utility to help with managing the scenario where many git repositories are cloned into subdirectories under some parent directory. I have a project where each server's config is managed in a separate git repository like that. What I've found is that as changes are made locally to this collection of cloned repos, it can be hard to keep track of which ones now have local changes and hence need to be pushed to the remote. Could you write such a utility please? I've called it "git-recursive" and created an empty directory for it. I'd structure it as a command that takes a subcommand, but for now the only subcommand required to be implemented is "status". That subcommand should recursively look in directories from either a specified parent directory or the current working directory. Any directory that is a cloned git repository should be checked for current status. Output "local changes" or "pending commit" as appropriate. It is not necessary to look in subdirectories of any discovered git repository as repos are never cloned into other cloned repos.

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All four states detect correctly:

  • ahead → pending commit (commit not yet pushed)
  • dirty → local changes, no upstream
  • upToDate → clean

What I built

git-recursive at /home/david/projects/code-associates/utilities/git-recursive/git-recursive (executable), styled to match the sibling git-identity utility.

Usage: git-recursive status [parent-dir] — defaults to the current directory if no parent is given.

It recursively descends from the parent directory, and for each cloned repo it finds (a directory with a .git entry) it reports one or more states, then stops descending into that repo:

State Meaning
local changes working tree is dirty (staged/modified/untracked)
pending commit commits exist locally but aren't pushed upstream
no upstream branch has commits but no upstream to push to
clean nothing outstanding

Notes on a couple of judgment calls:

  • I split your "needs pushing" concern into two distinct states — uncommitted work (local changes) vs. committed-but-unpushed (pending commit) — since a repo can be in either or both, and they call for different actions (commit vs. push). A repo with both shows local changes, pending commit.
  • I added no upstream because a freshly-cloned-but-never-pushed branch otherwise looks clean even though it has unpushed work. In your scenario (config repos cloned from remotes) most repos will have an upstream, so this mainly flags anomalies.
  • Clean repos are listed too, so you get a full inventory of what was scanned rather than silence. Easy to filter to only-interesting repos later if you'd prefer — just say the word.

The subcommand dispatch is in place, so adding pull, push, etc. later is a matter of dropping in another cmd_* function. Want me to add a README.md to match git-identity, or wire up any further subcommands?

#2

Thanks! Can you also test on the production repos cloned here? /home/david/projects/nuevasync/Deployment/config_repos

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Worked against the production set. It discovered 18 cloned repos under config_repos, all reporting cleanly. One stands out:

  • cluster_cluster_cfg_c2 → local changes — has uncommitted work in its working tree.

Everything else is clean (committed and pushed, nothing pending). So that one repo is the only thing currently needing attention — you'd want to commit and push it.

Want me to peek at what the uncommitted changes are in cluster_cluster_cfg_c2 (a git status/git diff there), or leave it for you to handle?

#3

No, I just wanted to make sure the utility works on a "from the trenches" example.

#4

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#5

/exit exit

#6

See ya!