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mgitstatus [--version] [-w] [-e] [-f] [--throttle SEC] [-c] [-d/--depth=2] [--flatten] [--no-X] [DIR [DIR]...]

mgitstatus shows uncommitted, untracked and unpushed changes in multiple Git repositories. By default, mgitstatus scans two directories deep. This can be changed with the -d (--depth) option. If DEPTH is 0, the scan is infinitely deep.

mgitstatus shows:

• Uncommitted changes if there are unstaged or uncommitted changes on the checked out branch.
• Untracked files if there are untracked files which are not ignored.
• Needs push (BRANCH) if the branch is tracking a (remote) branch which is behind.
• Needs upstream (BRANCH) if a branch does not have a local or remote upstream branch configured. Changes in the branch may otherwise never be pushed or merged.
• Needs pull (BRANCH) if the branch is tracking a (remote) branch which is ahead. This requires that the local git repo already knows about the remote changes (i.e. you’ve done a fetch), or that you specify the -f option. mgitstatus does NOT contact the remote by default.
• X stashes if there are stashes.

Since there are a lot of different states a git repository can be in, mgitstatus makes no guarantees that all states are taken into account.

--version

Show version

-w

Warn about dirs that are not Git repositories

-e

Exclude repos that are `ok'

-f

Do a `git fetch' on each repo (slow for many repos)

--throttle SEC

Wait SEC seconds between each `git fetch' (-f option)

-c

Force color output (preserve colors when using pipes)

-d,  --depth=2

Scan this many directories deep. Default is 2. If 0, the scan is infinitely deep

--flatten

Flatten output by only showing one status per line. If a repo has multiple statuses, multiple lines are shown for that repo. This aids in grepability.

You can limit output with the following options:

--no-push

Do not show branches that need a push.

--no-pull

Do not show branches that need a pull.

--no-upstream

Do not show branches that need an upstream.

--no-uncommitted

Do not show branches that have unstaged or uncommitted changes.

--no-untracked

Do not show branches that have untracked files.

--no-stashes

Do now show stashes

--no-ok

Do now show repos that are `ok' (same as -e)

The following command scans two directories deep for Git projects and shows their status:

$ mgitstatus
./fboender/sla: ok
./fboender/multi-git-status: Needs push (master) Untracked files
./other/peewee: ok

To scan deeper (three dirs instead of two) in the current dir:

$ mgitstatus -d 3

The following command scans three levels deep in /opt/deploy/ and hides repos that are `ok'. It does not show stashes:

$ mgitstatus -e --no-stashes -d 3 /opt/deploy

To ignore a repo, set the mgitstatus.ignore git configuration option for that repo to true. E.g.:

$ cd stupidrepo
$ git config --local mgitstatus.ignore true

Sort output by repo name while retaining colors:

$ mgitstatus -c | sort
./ansible: ok
./ansible-cmdb: Needs push (master) Uncommitted changes Untracked files
./davis: ok
./espy: Uncommitted changes Untracked files
./garner: Untracked files
./garner-chains: ok
./mdpreview: ok

Sort output by repo status while retaining colors:

$ mgitstatus -c --flatten -e | sort -k2
./fboender/ansible-cmdb: Uncommitted changes
./fboender/espy: Uncommitted changes
./fboender/multi-git-status: Uncommitted changes
./fboender/ansible-cmdb: Needs push (master)
./fboender/ansible-cmdb: Untracked files
./fboender/espy: Untracked files
./fboender/garner: Untracked files
./fboender/multi-git-status: Untracked files

Force color output and flatten the output so we can grep for things:

$ mgitstatus --flatten -c | grep Uncommitted
./fboender/multi-git-status: Uncommitted changes
./fboender/ansible-cmdb: Uncommitted changes
./fboender/espy: Uncommitted changes

Copyright 2016-2022, Ferry Boender (et al).

Licensed under the MIT license. For more information, see the LICENSE.txt file.

Ferry Boender.