shoka 0.5.0

A repository workspace manager — jj-aware, TUI-first successor to ghq / rhq.
Documentation

shoka (書架, "bookshelf") is a repository workspace manager written in Rust — a modern, jj-aware successor to ghq and rhq. It clones repos into a flat <root>/<host>/<owner>/<name> layout, lets you fuzzy-cd between them, runs commands in parallel across the whole shelf, and (coming next) surfaces every repo's working state at a glance via a TUI dashboard.

Status: Phase 1 (CLI MVP) is shippable: clone, import, list, cd, exec, prune, cache. Phase 2 (the TUI dashboard) is the next milestone.

Why another one

ghq and rhq nailed "where do I clone things" — but they're git-only and stop at list / look. shoka picks up from there:

  • jj as a first-class VCS alongside git — shoka clone / exec work for both, no ghq-jj shim needed.
  • TUI dashboard (Phase 2) for the whole shelf at a glance.
  • Profiles to keep work / personal / oss separated.
  • Routes for per-org clone destinations + per-route VCS / protocol.
  • AGENTS.md aware for AI-heavy workflows (shoka list --has-agents).
  • ghq layout compatible — drop-in for existing ~/ghq/... trees via shoka import.
  • In-process git via gix — no git subprocess fan-out, so import over a large shelf stays fast even on Windows where CreateProcess dominates the cost.

Install

cargo install shoka

Pre-built binaries for Linux / macOS / Windows are attached to each GitHub release.

Quick start

# 1. (optional) adopt an existing ghq tree
shoka import ~/ghq

# 2. or clone fresh
shoka clone yukimemi/shoka          # → <root>/github.com/yukimemi/shoka

# 3. see what's on the shelf
shoka list

# 4. jump into one (with the shell wrapper installed — see below)
s shoka

# 5. run something across everything (or a tag-filtered subset)
shoka exec --tag rust -- cargo check

Commands

Command What it does
shoka clone <spec> Clone a repo via gix (or jj git clone when vcs = jj). Accepts full URLs, owner/name, or host/owner/name.
shoka import <dir> Walk a directory, find existing .git/ repos, and adopt them onto the shelf.
shoka list Print the shelf with optional --tag / --has-agents filters.
shoka cd [hint] Resolve a repo to its on-disk path (use the shell wrapper to actually cd).
shoka exec -- <cmd> Run <cmd> in each matching repo in parallel; output is captured + banner-headed per repo.
shoka prune Drop shelf entries whose clone path is missing on disk. --dry-run to rehearse; --yes to skip the prompt.
shoka cache {refresh,show,clear} Per-repo volatile cache. Auto-refreshed in the background after most commands.
shoka doctor Diagnose environment + config.
shoka init-shell <shell> Print the shell wrapper for cd (see below).
shoka completion <shell> Print a shell-completion script.
shoka tui TUI dashboard. Phase 2 — not yet implemented.

shoka exec is the transparent escape hatch: shoka never interprets the command. shoka exec -- git fetch, shoka exec -- jj git fetch, shoka exec -- cargo check all work the same way. Output from each repo is captured and printed as a banner-headed block when the process exits, so parallel runs don't interleave into nonsense.

Shell integration for cd

A child process can't change its parent shell's cwd, so shoka cd prints the chosen path and a small wrapper function does the actual cd. The wrapper uses a SHOKA_CD_OUT sidechannel file so the interactive fuzzy picker can render normally while the path travels out-of-band.

PowerShell

# one-shot (current session):
shoka init-shell powershell --name s | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

# persistent (append to $PROFILE — create it first if missing,
# which it is on a fresh PowerShell install):
if (!(Test-Path $PROFILE)) { New-Item -Type File -Path $PROFILE -Force | Out-Null }
shoka init-shell powershell --name s | Add-Content $PROFILE
. $PROFILE

bash / zsh

# bash — add to ~/.bashrc:
eval "$(shoka init-shell bash --name s)"

# zsh — add to ~/.zshrc:
eval "$(shoka init-shell zsh --name s)"

fish

# ~/.config/fish/config.fish:
shoka init-shell fish --name s | source

After that, s shoka cds straight into the repo, s with no arg opens a fuzzy picker, s --tag rust filters before the picker.

Configuration

config.toml lives at the OS-standard config dir (Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/shoka/, macOS ~/Library/Application Support/yukimemi.shoka/, Windows %APPDATA%\yukimemi\shoka\config\). A starter is auto-written on first run.

Minimal example:

[global]
root = "~/src"
default_host = "github.com"
default_protocol = "https"
default_vcs = "auto"

[global.cache]
background_refresh = true
refresh_threshold_secs = 60

[[routes]]
pattern = "host:github.com/mycompany"
root = "~/src/work"
default_protocol = "ssh"

[profiles.work]
default_host = "github.mycompany.com"

Route patterns support host:<host>, host:<host>/<owner>, and /<regex>/. The first matching route wins. Profile beats routes when profile.root is set; otherwise routes evaluate against the raw [global] baseline.

Files in the same dir matching config.*.toml are layered on top (alphabetical order; config.local.toml last wins). All values flow through teravars so [vars] self-references resolve before deserialization.

Roadmap

  • Phase 1 — CLI MVP ✅ clone / import / list / cd / exec / prune / cache, shell integration, completion. Done.
  • Phase 2 — TUI dashboard. ratatui + crossterm + nucleo fuzzy. Per-repo cached status (branch / ahead-behind / dirty), gh integration for open PRs / CI / contribution graph.
  • Phase 3 — Polish. Per-profile route overrides, scaffolding via shoka new, bulk org-move follow, OSC 7 cwd hint.

Development

cargo make check        # fmt + clippy + locked check + tests
cargo make pre-release  # the whole check suite, exactly as CI runs it

PRs go through Gemini Code Assist + CodeRabbit reviewers on top of standard CI. The yukimemi/* convention is: renri worktrees + kata apply for the shared template, see AGENTS.md for the details.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.