multi-gitter allows you to make changes in multiple repositories simultaneously. This is achieved by running a script or program in the context of multiple repositories. If any changes are made, a pull request is created that can be merged manually by the set reviewers, or automatically by multi-gitter when CI pipelines has completed successfully.

Are you a bash-guru or simply prefer your scripting in Node.js? It doesn't matter, since multi-gitter support any type of script or program. If you can script it to run in one place, you can run it in all your repositories with one command!

Some examples:

Syncing a file (like a PR-template)
Programmatic refactoring
Updating a dependency
Automatically fixing linting issues
Search and replace
Anything else you are able to script!

Demo

Example

Run with file

$ multi-gitter run ./my-script.sh -O my-org -m "Commit message" -B branch-name

Make sure the script has execution permissions before running it (chmod +x ./my-script.sh)

Run code through interpreter

If you are running an interpreted language or similar, it's important to specify the path as an absolute value (since the script will be run in the context of each repository). Using the $PWD variable helps with this.

$ multi-gitter run "python $PWD/run.py" -O my-org -m "Commit message" -B branch-name
$ multi-gitter run "node $PWD/script.js" -R repo1 -R repo2 -m "Commit message" -B branch-name
$ multi-gitter run "go run $PWD/main.go" -U my-user -m "Commit message" -B branch-name

Test before live run

You might want to test your changes before creating commits. The --dry-run provides an easy way to test without actually making any modifications. It works well with setting the log level to debug with --log-level=debug to also print the changes that would have been made.

$ multi-gitter run ./script.sh --dry-run --log-level=debug -O my-org -m "Commit message" -B branch-name

Install

Homebrew

If you are using Mac or Linux, Homebrew is an easy way of installing multi-gitter.

brew install lindell/multi-gitter/multi-gitter

Manual binary install

Find the binary for your operating system from the release page and download it.

Automatic binary install

To automatically install the latest version

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lindell/multi-gitter/master/install.sh | sh

From source

You can also install from source with go install, this is not recommended for most cases.

go install github.com/lindell/multi-gitter@latest

Token

To use multi-gitter, a token that is allowed to list repositories and create pull requests is needed. This token can either be set in the GITHUB_TOKEN, GITLAB_TOKEN, GITEA_TOKEN environment variable, or by using the --token flag.

GitHub

How to generate a GitHub personal access token. Make sure to give to repo permissions.

GitLab

How to generate a GitLab personal access token. Make sure to give to it the api permission.

Gitea

In Gitea, access tokens can be generated under Settings -> Applications -> Manage Access Tokens

Config file

All configuration in multi-gitter can be done through command line flags, configuration files or a mix of both. If you want to use a configuration file, simply use the --config=./path/to/config.yaml. Multi-gitter will also read from the file ~/.multi-gitter/config and take and configuration from there. The priority of configs are first flags, then defined config file and lastly the static config file.

All available run options

# The username of the assignees to be added on the pull request.
assignees:
  - example

# Email of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.
author-email:

# Name of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.
author-name:

# The branch which the changes will be based on.
base-branch:

# Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
base-url:

# The name of the branch where changes are committed.
branch: multi-gitter-branch

# The commit message. Will default to title + body if none is set.
commit-message:

# The maximum number of concurrent runs.
concurrent: 1

# What should happen if the branch already exist.
# Available values:
#   skip: Skip making any changes to the existing branch and do not create a new pull request.
#   replace: Replace the existing content of the branch by force pushing any new changes, then reuse any existing pull request, or create a new one if none exist.
conflict-strategy: skip

# Create pull request(s) as draft.
draft: false

# Run without pushing changes or creating pull requests.
dry-run: false

# Limit fetching to the specified number of commits. Set to 0 for no limit.
fetch-depth: 1

# Fork the repository instead of creating a new branch on the same owner.
fork: false

# If set, make the fork to the defined value. Default behavior is for the fork to be on the logged in user.
fork-owner:

# The type of git implementation to use.
# Available values:
#   go: Uses go-git, a Go native implementation of git. This is compiled with the multi-gitter binary, and no extra dependencies are needed.
#   cmd: Calls out to the git command. This requires git to be installed and available with by calling "git".
git-type: go

# The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
group:
  - example

# Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
include-subgroups: false

# Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
insecure: false

# Take manual decision before committing any change. Requires git to be installed.
interactive: false

# Labels to be added to any created pull request.
labels:
  - example

# The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout.
log-file: "-"

# The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty.
log-format: text

# The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error.
log-level: info

# If this value is set, reviewers will be randomized.
max-reviewers: 0

# The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
org:
  - example

# The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stdout.
output: "-"

# The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server.
platform: github

# The body of the commit message. Will default to everything but the first line of the commit message if none is set.
pr-body:

# The title of the PR. Will default to the first line of the commit message if none is set.
pr-title:

# The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
project:
  - group/project

# The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
repo:
  - my-org/js-repo
  - other-org/python-repo

# The username of the reviewers to be added on the pull request.
reviewers:
  - example

# Skip pull request and directly push to the branch.
skip-pr: false

# Skip changes on specified repositories, the name is including the owner of repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
skip-repo:
  - example

# Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
ssh-auth: false

# The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
token:

# The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
user:
  - example

# The Bitbucket server username.
username:

All available merge options

# Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
base-url:

# The name of the branch where changes are committed.
branch: multi-gitter-branch

# Use pull requests made from forks instead of from the same repository.
fork: false

# If set, use forks from the defined value instead of the logged in user.
fork-owner:

# The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
group:
  - example

# Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
include-subgroups: false

# Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
insecure: false

# The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout.
log-file: "-"

# The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty.
log-format: text

# The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error.
log-level: info

# The type of merge that should be done (GitHub). Multiple types can be used as backup strategies if the first one is not allowed.
merge-type:
  - merge
  - squash
  - rebase

# The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
org:
  - example

# The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server.
platform: github

# The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
project:
  - group/project

# The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
repo:
  - my-org/js-repo
  - other-org/python-repo

# Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
ssh-auth: false

# The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
token:

# The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
user:
  - example

# The Bitbucket server username.
username:

All available status options

# Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
base-url:

# The name of the branch where changes are committed.
branch: multi-gitter-branch

# Use pull requests made from forks instead of from the same repository.
fork: false

# If set, use forks from the defined value instead of the logged in user.
fork-owner:

# The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
group:
  - example

# Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
include-subgroups: false

# Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
insecure: false

# The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout.
log-file: "-"

# The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty.
log-format: text

# The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error.
log-level: info

# The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
org:
  - example

# The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stdout.
output: "-"

# The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server.
platform: github

# The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
project:
  - group/project

# The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
repo:
  - my-org/js-repo
  - other-org/python-repo

# Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
ssh-auth: false

# The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
token:

# The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
user:
  - example

# The Bitbucket server username.
username:

All available close options

# Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
base-url:

# The name of the branch where changes are committed.
branch: multi-gitter-branch

# Use pull requests made from forks instead of from the same repository.
fork: false

# If set, use forks from the defined value instead of the logged in user.
fork-owner:

# The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
group:
  - example

# Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
include-subgroups: false

# Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
insecure: false

# The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout.
log-file: "-"

# The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty.
log-format: text

# The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error.
log-level: info

# The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
org:
  - example

# The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server.
platform: github

# The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
project:
  - group/project

# The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
repo:
  - my-org/js-repo
  - other-org/python-repo

# Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
ssh-auth: false

# The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
token:

# The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
user:
  - example

# The Bitbucket server username.
username:

All available print options

# Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
base-url:

# The maximum number of concurrent runs.
concurrent: 1

# The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stderr.
error-output: "-"

# Limit fetching to the specified number of commits. Set to 0 for no limit.
fetch-depth: 1

# The type of git implementation to use.
# Available values:
#   go: Uses go-git, a Go native implementation of git. This is compiled with the multi-gitter binary, and no extra dependencies are needed.
#   cmd: Calls out to the git command. This requires git to be installed and available with by calling "git".
git-type: go

# The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
group:
  - example

# Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
include-subgroups: false

# Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
insecure: false

# The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout.
log-file:

# The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty.
log-format: text

# The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error.
log-level: info

# The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
org:
  - example

# The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stdout.
output: "-"

# The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server.
platform: github

# The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
project:
  - group/project

# The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
repo:
  - my-org/js-repo
  - other-org/python-repo

# Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
ssh-auth: false

# The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
token:

# The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
user:
  - example

# The Bitbucket server username.
username:

Usage

run Clones multiple repositories, run a script in that directory, and creates a PR with those changes.
merge Merge pull requests.
status Get the status of pull requests.
close Close pull requests.
print Clones multiple repositories, run a script in that directory, and prints the output of each run.

Usage of `run`

This command will clone down multiple repositories. For each of those repositories, the script will be run in the context of that repository. If the script finished with a zero exit code, and the script resulted in file changes, a pull request will be created with.

The environment variable REPOSITORY will be set to the name of the repository currently being executed by the script.

Usage:
  multi-gitter run [script path] [flags]

Flags:
  -a, --assignees strings          The username of the assignees to be added on the pull request.
      --author-email string        Email of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.
      --author-name string         Name of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.
      --base-branch string         The branch which the changes will be based on.
  -g, --base-url string            Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
  -B, --branch string              The name of the branch where changes are committed. (default "multi-gitter-branch")
  -m, --commit-message string      The commit message. Will default to title + body if none is set.
  -C, --concurrent int             The maximum number of concurrent runs. (default 1)
      --config string              Path of the config file.
      --conflict-strategy string   What should happen if the branch already exist.
                                   Available values:
                                     skip: Skip making any changes to the existing branch and do not create a new pull request.
                                     replace: Replace the existing content of the branch by force pushing any new changes, then reuse any existing pull request, or create a new one if none exist.
                                    (default "skip")
      --draft                      Create pull request(s) as draft.
  -d, --dry-run                    Run without pushing changes or creating pull requests.
  -f, --fetch-depth int            Limit fetching to the specified number of commits. Set to 0 for no limit. (default 1)
      --fork                       Fork the repository instead of creating a new branch on the same owner.
      --fork-owner string          If set, make the fork to the defined value. Default behavior is for the fork to be on the logged in user.
      --git-type string            The type of git implementation to use.
                                   Available values:
                                     go: Uses go-git, a Go native implementation of git. This is compiled with the multi-gitter binary, and no extra dependencies are needed.
                                     cmd: Calls out to the git command. This requires git to be installed and available with by calling "git".
                                    (default "go")
  -G, --group strings              The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
      --include-subgroups          Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
      --insecure                   Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
  -i, --interactive                Take manual decision before committing any change. Requires git to be installed.
      --labels strings             Labels to be added to any created pull request.
      --log-file string            The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
      --log-format string          The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty. (default "text")
  -L, --log-level string           The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error. (default "info")
  -M, --max-reviewers int          If this value is set, reviewers will be randomized.
  -O, --org strings                The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
  -o, --output string              The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
  -p, --platform string            The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server. (default "github")
  -b, --pr-body string             The body of the commit message. Will default to everything but the first line of the commit message if none is set.
  -t, --pr-title string            The title of the PR. Will default to the first line of the commit message if none is set.
  -P, --project strings            The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
  -R, --repo strings               The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
  -r, --reviewers strings          The username of the reviewers to be added on the pull request.
      --skip-pr                    Skip pull request and directly push to the branch.
  -s, --skip-repo strings          Skip changes on specified repositories, the name is including the owner of repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
      --ssh-auth                   Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
  -T, --token string               The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
  -U, --user strings               The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
  -u, --username string            The Bitbucket server username.

Usage of `merge`

Merge pull requests with a specified branch name in an organization and with specified conditions.

Usage:
  multi-gitter merge [flags]

Flags:
  -g, --base-url string      Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
  -B, --branch string        The name of the branch where changes are committed. (default "multi-gitter-branch")
      --config string        Path of the config file.
      --fork                 Use pull requests made from forks instead of from the same repository.
      --fork-owner string    If set, use forks from the defined value instead of the logged in user.
  -G, --group strings        The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
      --include-subgroups    Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
      --insecure             Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
      --log-file string      The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
      --log-format string    The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty. (default "text")
  -L, --log-level string     The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error. (default "info")
      --merge-type strings   The type of merge that should be done (GitHub). Multiple types can be used as backup strategies if the first one is not allowed. (default [merge,squash,rebase])
  -O, --org strings          The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
  -p, --platform string      The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server. (default "github")
  -P, --project strings      The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
  -R, --repo strings         The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
      --ssh-auth             Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
  -T, --token string         The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
  -U, --user strings         The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
  -u, --username string      The Bitbucket server username.

Usage of `status`

Get the status of all pull requests with a specified branch name in an organization.

Usage:
  multi-gitter status [flags]

Flags:
  -g, --base-url string     Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
  -B, --branch string       The name of the branch where changes are committed. (default "multi-gitter-branch")
      --config string       Path of the config file.
      --fork                Use pull requests made from forks instead of from the same repository.
      --fork-owner string   If set, use forks from the defined value instead of the logged in user.
  -G, --group strings       The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
      --include-subgroups   Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
      --insecure            Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
      --log-file string     The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
      --log-format string   The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty. (default "text")
  -L, --log-level string    The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error. (default "info")
  -O, --org strings         The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
  -o, --output string       The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
  -p, --platform string     The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server. (default "github")
  -P, --project strings     The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
  -R, --repo strings        The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
      --ssh-auth            Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
  -T, --token string        The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
  -U, --user strings        The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
  -u, --username string     The Bitbucket server username.

Usage of `close`

Close pull requests with a specified branch name in an organization and with specified conditions.

Usage:
  multi-gitter close [flags]

Flags:
  -g, --base-url string     Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
  -B, --branch string       The name of the branch where changes are committed. (default "multi-gitter-branch")
      --config string       Path of the config file.
      --fork                Use pull requests made from forks instead of from the same repository.
      --fork-owner string   If set, use forks from the defined value instead of the logged in user.
  -G, --group strings       The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
      --include-subgroups   Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
      --insecure            Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
      --log-file string     The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
      --log-format string   The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty. (default "text")
  -L, --log-level string    The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error. (default "info")
  -O, --org strings         The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
  -p, --platform string     The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server. (default "github")
  -P, --project strings     The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
  -R, --repo strings        The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
      --ssh-auth            Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
  -T, --token string        The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
  -U, --user strings        The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
  -u, --username string     The Bitbucket server username.

Usage of `print`

This command will clone down multiple repositories. For each of those repositories, the script will be run in the context of that repository. The output of each script run in each repo will be printed, by default to stdout and stderr, but it can be configured to files as well.

The environment variable REPOSITORY will be set to the name of the repository currently being executed by the script.

Usage:
  multi-gitter print [script path] [flags]

Flags:
  -g, --base-url string       Base URL of the GitHub API, needs to be changed if GitHub enterprise is used. Or the url to a self-hosted GitLab instance.
  -C, --concurrent int        The maximum number of concurrent runs. (default 1)
      --config string         Path of the config file.
  -E, --error-output string   The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stderr. (default "-")
  -f, --fetch-depth int       Limit fetching to the specified number of commits. Set to 0 for no limit. (default 1)
      --git-type string       The type of git implementation to use.
                              Available values:
                                go: Uses go-git, a Go native implementation of git. This is compiled with the multi-gitter binary, and no extra dependencies are needed.
                                cmd: Calls out to the git command. This requires git to be installed and available with by calling "git".
                               (default "go")
  -G, --group strings         The name of a GitLab organization. All repositories in that group will be used.
      --include-subgroups     Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.
      --insecure              Insecure controls whether a client verifies the server certificate chain and host name. Used only for Bitbucket server.
      --log-file string       The file where all logs should be printed to. "-" means stdout.
      --log-format string     The formatting of the logs. Available values: text, json, json-pretty. (default "text")
  -L, --log-level string      The level of logging that should be made. Available values: trace, debug, info, error. (default "info")
  -O, --org strings           The name of a GitHub organization. All repositories in that organization will be used.
  -o, --output string         The file that the output of the script should be outputted to. "-" means stdout. (default "-")
  -p, --platform string       The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server. (default "github")
  -P, --project strings       The name, including owner of a GitLab project in the format "ownerName/repoName".
  -R, --repo strings          The name, including owner of a GitHub repository in the format "ownerName/repoName".
      --ssh-auth              Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.
  -T, --token string          The GitHub/GitLab personal access token. Can also be set using the GITHUB_TOKEN/GITLAB_TOKEN/GITEA_TOKEN/BITBUCKET_SERVER_TOKEN environment variable.
  -U, --user strings          The name of a user. All repositories owned by that user will be used.
  -u, --username string       The Bitbucket server username.

Example scripts

general

Clone all repositories locally while maintaining their group folder structure

#!/bin/bash

# This script should be used with the print command.
mkdir -p ~/multi-gitter/$REPOSITORY
cp -r . ~/multi-gitter/$REPOSITORY

Replace a file if it exist

#!/bin/bash

REPLACE_FILE=~/test/pull_request_template.md # The file that should replace the file in the repo, must be an absolute path
FILE=.github/pull_request_template.md # Relative from any repos root

# Don't replace this file if it does not already exist in the repo
if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
    exit 1
fi

cp $REPLACE_FILE $FILE

Replace text in all files

#!/bin/bash

# Assuming you are using gnu sed, if you are running this on a mac, please see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4247068/sed-command-with-i-option-failing-on-mac-but-works-on-linux

find ./ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/apple/orange/g' {} \;

go

Replace all instances of empty interface with any

#!/bin/bash

gofmt -r 'interface{} -> any' -w **/*.go

Fix the ioutil deprecation

#!/bin/bash

gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.Discard -> io.Discard' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.NopCloser -> io.NopCloser' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.ReadAll -> io.ReadAll' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.ReadFile -> os.ReadFile' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.TempDir -> os.MkdirTemp' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.TempFile -> os.CreateTemp' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.WriteFile -> os.WriteFile' .
gofmt -w -r 'ioutil.ReadDir -> os.ReadDir ' . # (note: returns a slice of os.DirEntry rather than a slice of fs.FileInfo)

goimports -w .

Fix linting problems in all your go repositories

#!/bin/bash

golangci-lint run ./... --fix

Updates a go module to a new (patch/minor) version

#!/bin/bash

### Change these values ###
MODULE=github.com/go-git/go-git/v5
VERSION=v5.1.0

# Check if the module already exist, abort if it does not
go list -m $MODULE &> /dev/null
status_code=$?
if [ $status_code -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Module \"$MODULE\" does not exist"
    exit 1
fi

go get $MODULE@$VERSION

Upgrade Go version in go modules

#!/bin/bash

go mod edit -go 1.18
go mod tidy

node

Updates a npm dependency if it does exist

#!/bin/bash

### Change these values ###
PACKAGE=webpack
VERSION=4.43.0

if [ ! -f "package.json" ]; then
    echo "package.json does not exist"
    exit 1
fi

# Check if the package already exist (without having to install all packages first), abort if it does not
current_version=`jq ".dependencies[\"$PACKAGE\"]" package.json`
if [ "$current_version" == "null" ];
then
    echo "Package \"$PACKAGE\" does not exist"
    exit 2
fi

npm install --save $PACKAGE@$VERSION

Simple replace using node

const { readFile, writeFile } = require("fs").promises;

async function replace() {
  let data = await readFile("./README.md", "utf8");
  data = data.replace("apple", "orange");
  await writeFile("./README.md", data, "utf8");
}

replace();

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