reGit - Repeated Git

Git extensions for managing multiple repositories:

• git up - pull current repo and all the dependencies
• git scan - scan directory tree recursively to find unsynced repos
• git grab - clone with URL resolution and extra modes
• git lgrab - clone using private source (GitLab by default)
• git sync - rsync only changed and untracked files to a given destination
• git deps - update dependencies

Also available as regit up, regit scan, etc. Update regit itself with regit self.

Installation

Single Python 3 executable, no dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/hiqsol/regit.git ~/.local/share/regit
ln -s ~/.local/share/regit/regit ~/.local/bin/regit
regit install

Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH.

regit install creates git-* symlinks so commands work as git up, git scan, etc. Update anytime with regit self.

To remove the symlinks: regit uninstall.

git grab

git grab extends git clone with URL resolution from ~/.config/regit/config and two special clone modes:

git grab URL              # standard clone into auto-named directory
git grab URL mydir        # standard clone into mydir
git grab URL .            # clone into current directory (rsync files in)
git grab URL .git         # clone only .git, no file checkout

git grab URL . clones to a temp directory and rsyncs files into the current directory without overwriting existing files. Useful when you already have some files in place.

git grab URL .git clones with --no-checkout and moves only the .git directory into the current directory. No files are checked out. Useful when you already have the working files (e.g. deployed code) and want to add git tracking to inspect git diff, git log, etc.

git lgrab works the same way but resolves URLs through the private source (GitLab by default).

Alternatives

I've really tried and spent lot of time looking for already existing tool for the job. There are lots of them. Maybe you could find something more suitable for your needs.

• repo: helps manage many Git repositories (Python)
• gita: manage multiple git repos in home (Python)
• myrepos: manage all your version control repos (Perl)
• gitbatch: text-based UI to manage multiple git repos (Go)
• git-plus: run commands in multiple git repos (Python)
• mu-repo: help working with multiple git repos (Python)
• mugit: managing multiple git repositories (Python)
• gr: managing multiple git repositories (JavaScript)
• mgit: layered git repositories (Shell)

License

This project is released under the terms of the BSD-3-Clause license. Read more here.

Copyright © 2021-2026, Andrii Vasyliev (sol@solex.me)