Git Scripts Keeper

A simple bash utility that automatically commits changes in multiple git repositories.

Description

Git Script Keeper is a bash script that helps you manage multiple git repositories by automatically detecting changes and committing them. It reads a list of repository paths from a file and processes each repository, committing any changes with an auto-generated commit message.

Inspired by etckeeper, Git Script Keeper was created to track changes in scripts and configuration folders that aren't covered by system configuration management tools.

Features

• Automatically detects changes in multiple git repositories
• Skips repositories with no changes
• Generates commit messages that include the list of modified files
• Handles errors gracefully (non-existent directories, non-git repositories)
• Supports comments and empty lines in the repository list file
• Made to be run periodically via systemd or cron.

Usage

./git_scripts_keeper.sh <path_to_repo_list_file>

Example repository list file (repos.txt):

# My repositories
/home/user/projects/project1
/home/user/projects/project2
# This one is commented out
# /home/user/projects/inactive-project
/home/user/projects/project3

Options

• -h, --help: Display help message and exit

Requirements

• Bash shell
• Git

Installation

1. Download this script via git clone
2. Make it executable: chmod +x git_scripts_keeper.sh
3. Create a repository list file with one repository path per line into repos.txt.
4. Launch via ./git_scripts_keeper.sh repos.txt
5. Optional: make it periodic via the systemd unit in the folder systemd_units or via cron.