Question

I have ~30 git repositories cloned from github that I use for web/ruby/javascript development. Is it possible to bulk update all of them with a script?

I have everything pretty organized (folder structure):

- Workspace
  - Android
  - Chrome
  - GitClones
    - Bootstrap
    ~ etc...30 some repositories
  - iPhone
  - osx
  - WebDev

I have a ruby script to clone repositories with octokit, but are there any suggestions on how to do git pull (overwriting/rebasing local) in all the repositories under GitClones?

Normally I would just do a pull whenever I was about to use that repo, but I am going to a place where internet connectivity is only going to be available sometimes. So I would like to update everything I can while I have internet.

Thanks! (Running osx 10.8.2)

Answer 1

If you must do it in Ruby, here’s a quick and dirty script:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

Dir.entries('./').select do |entry|
  next if %w{. .. ,,}.include? entry
  if File.directory? File.join('./', entry)
    cmd = "cd #{entry} && git pull"
    `#{cmd}`
  end
end

Don’t forget to chmod +x the file you copy this into and ensure it’s in your GitClones directory.