git-for-each-repo

Execute Git commands across multiple repositories

TLDR

Run a git command in each repo listed in a config key

$ git for-each-repo --config=[maintenance.repo] [fetch]

Run maintenance on all registered repos

$ git for-each-repo --config=[maintenance.repo] maintenance run

Continue on failure

$ git for-each-repo --config=[maintenance.repo] --keep-going [gc]

SYNOPSIS

git for-each-repo --config=key [--keep-going] [--] command [args]

git for-each-repo executes a specified Git command across multiple repositories defined in a Git configuration value. The command reads a multi-valued configuration key where each value is an absolute path to a Git repository, then runs the provided command in each one.The primary use case is git-maintenance, which uses for-each-repo to run maintenance tasks like gc, fetch, or repack across all registered repositories on a schedule. Config values are loaded from system, global, and local Git config. If run outside a Git repository, only system and global config is used.

PARAMETERS

--config key

Multi-valued config key listing absolute paths to repositories.

--keep-going

Continue with remaining repositories if the command fails on one. The exit code still indicates failure.

CONFIGURATION

~/.gitconfig

Contains multi-valued configuration keys listing repository paths for batch operations.