GIT multi

The most stupid way to run a git command on multiple repositories.

Install

Install this library via NPM:

npm -g install git-multi

How it works

git-multi runs a git command sequentially on 2+ repositories. This can be useful when you have a project spread on more repositories (ie. an app repository and some dependencies, like libraries or plugins) and you want to run the same exact git command on the main repository and it dependencies.

Setup

1. cd <main repository>
2. create .gitmulti file
3. add to .gitmulti the path to any repository you want to manage with git-multi (1 per line)

Then, in the <main repository> you can run any git command like this:

git multi status

And it will run git status in the <main repository> and all dependencies repositories (configured in .gitmulti).

Example

If you have the following repositories:

/workspace/main-app
/workspace/lib-1
/workspace/lib-2

You can configure git-multi on your main-app:

echo "../lib-1" >> /workspace/main-app/.gitmulti
echo "../lib-2" >> /workspace/main-app/.gitmulti

And then run:

cd /workspace/main-app
git multi status

Syntax

Run any git command on multiple repositories:

git multi <any git command>

List repositories managed by git-multi:

git multi list