madgit 0.4.0

Mass run commands distributed across multiple Git repositories.
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madgit

madgit is a CLI tool for mass running commands distributed across multiple Git repositories. Instead of navigating into each directory, you can run a single madgit command to perform operations on every repository within a specified directory.

Commands

  • --dir <path>: Top-level option that selects the directory containing repositories.
  • clone --file <path>: Clones repositories listed in a file.
  • clone --github <owner>: Clones repositories owned by a GitHub user or organization.
  • clone --gitlab <url-or-owner>: Clones repositories from a GitLab owner or self-hosted instance.
  • clone --forgejo <url-or-owner>: Clones repositories from a Forgejo owner or self-hosted instance.
  • repos --github <owner>: Prints GitHub repository URLs for a user or organization.
  • repos --gitlab <url-or-owner>: Prints GitLab repository URLs for an owner.
  • repos --forgejo <url-or-owner>: Prints Forgejo repository URLs for an owner.
  • status: Runs git status in each repository (headers are color-coded: red=needs-sync, yellow=changes, cyan=clean).
  • checkout-main: Checks out main in each repository, falling back to master when needed.
  • exec -- <command>: Executes any arbitrary command in each repository.
  • <git-subcommand> [args...]: Unknown top-level commands are forwarded as git <subcommand> [args...] in each repository.
  • no-git: Lists subdirectories which are not git repositories.

Examples

# Clone repositories from a file to ~/projects
madgit --dir ~/projects clone --file repos.txt

# Clone all repos from a GitHub organization
madgit --dir ~/projects clone --github gotopkg

# Clone from a GitLab user
madgit --dir ~/projects clone --gitlab wykwit

# Print GitLab repositories for an owner
madgit repos --gitlab wykwit

# List all repositories for a Forgejo owner
madgit repos --forgejo https://git.coopcloud.tech/kotec

# Pull all repositories in current directory
madgit pull

# Stash worktree changes in every repository
madgit --dir ~/projects stash

# Check status of all repositories in current directory
madgit status

# Execute custom command in all repositories
madgit --dir ~/projects exec -- git log --oneline -5

# Forward an unsupported command to git in each repository
madgit --dir ~/projects rev-parse --show-toplevel

# Check out the primary branch across mixed repositories
madgit --dir ~/projects checkout-main

Remote auth

Remote repository discovery works without credentials for public owners, but you can provide API tokens for private repositories or to avoid rate limits.

  • GITHUB_TOKEN: GitHub API token used for clone --github and repos --github
  • GITLAB_TOKEN: GitLab API token used for clone --gitlab and repos --gitlab
  • FORGEJO_TOKEN: Forgejo API token used for clone --forgejo and repos --forgejo

With GITHUB_TOKEN set, GitHub discovery uses the authenticated repository listing and filters it to the requested owner, so private repositories should be included when your token can access them.

Example:

GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx madgit repos --github RustCrypto

Installation

with cargo

madgit is available on crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/madgit

cargo install madgit

from AUR

paru -S madgit

from source

To build madgit from source, you'll need the Rust toolchain.

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://gitlab.com/wykwit/madgit.git && cd madgit

  2. Build the project:

    cargo build --release

  3. You will find the executable in:

    ./target/release/madgit

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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