The metagit project can be used to manage a huge amount of git (or any similar distributed scm) repositories at once. For example clone all your github repositories to a folder on your new shinny machine. The Project is inspired by a article in the german LinuxMagazin 08/10 by mschilli.

The configuration is located in the main python skript `metagit’. Edit it so make it fit your needs. For more information on commands try `pydoc gmp’ to the python module documentation.

Install

pip3 install https://github.com/stettberger/metagit.git

A example session:

• List all repositories which match the regex `metagit’ and jump there. See metagit help cd for using an shell function to streamline this.

  $ metagit list metagit
   (git:hub) git@github.com:stettberger/metagit.git --> /home/cip/2009/qy03fugy/github/metagit
  $ `metagit cd metagit`
  $ echo $PWD
  /home/cip/2009/qy03fugy/github/metagit
      

• Execute a command on all repositories which matches the regex `metagit’ (here just one repo)

  $ metagit foreach metagit commit -a
  cd /home/stettberger/github/metagit; git commit  -a
  [master d6cb963] removed metagit on peer
   1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
      

• Shortcuts for the foreach command for common tasks.

  $ metagit push metagit
  [... push ...]
      

• Uploading new repositories to remote sites with only one command Hint: Set the github.token config in git for uploading to github

$ metagit upload github brand-new-project
[.. creating and pushing brand-new-project ..]

Features

• SSHDir Listing - find repos on a remote machine
  • With support for uploading Repos to this remote dir
• Github Listing - find all your github repos
  • With support for uploading Repos to this remote dir
• Gitorious Listing - find all youy Gitorius repos
• SVNList - clone all your svn repositories with git svn
• Use different scm system at once The default is git, but hg does also work