Git Sync

Clones all repositories, public or private, of a specified user or organization.

Credentials are required, they are present in a file named .gitsync.json place in the home folder.

Installation:

~$ sudo npm install -g @deliverymanager/gitsync

Usage:

For pull:

~$ gitsync --pull

For clone:

~$ gitsync --clone

For both:

~$ gitsync --all

Or:

~$ gitsync -a

To (re)initialize credentials:

~$ gitsync --init

To checkout to stable branches (production/prod):

~$ gitsync --checkout

The description is used to determine the exact path to which the repository will be cloned.

If the description is not a valid path, a warning appears.

Examples:

Repository description: path/to/folder -> Will clone the repository in ./path/to/folder/<repository name>

Repository description: Some description -> Will show a warning and not clone

Authentication:

The following file, .gitsync.json, must be placed in the home folder and is required for authentication with the GitHub API:

For only public repositories:

{
  "user": <github username>,
  "user_agent": <github user_agent>,
  "sync_account": <account from which to sync>,
  "org": <true/false> // whether the sync_account is an organization
}

For private repositories as well:

{
  "user": <github username>,
  "user_agent": <github user_agent>,
  "sync_account": <account from which to sync>,
  "org": <true/false> // whether the sync_account is an organization,
  "at": <github API access token>
}

To run the tests as well, the file must look like this:

{
  "user": <github username>,
  "at": <github API access token>,
  "test_repo_1": {
    "name": <repo name>,
    "full_name": <repo full name>,
    "local_path": <local path to which the repo will be cloned>
  },
  "test_repo_2": {
    "name": <repo name>,
    "full_name": <repo full name>,
    "local_path": <local path to which the repo will be cloned>
  },
  "user_agent": <github user_agent>,
  "sync_account": <account from which to sync>,
  "org": <true/false> // whether the sync_account is an organization
}

You can place the file yourself or you could run ~$ gitsync --init which will prompt for user name and Github API access token.

~$ gitsync --init

If you try to use the script without the .gitsync.json file present in the home folder, you will be prompted to initialize it, and execution will continue after the file is created.

Note: You could omit the access token. The script will still work but only for public repositories.

API Reference

Clone

init_cred

Initializes/updates git credentials

module.exports([cred]) ⇒ Promise ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: Promise - Resolves to the the output of fs.writeFile or to message: 'Credentials not updated'

get_all_repos_names

Gets all user's or org's repos names

module.exports(name, org, user, at) ⇒ repos ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: repos - Mapped to have attributes name, full_name, local_path

is_path_valid

Checks for validity of path, must be string and satisfy

module.exports(path) ⇒ boolean ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: boolean - Whether path is valid

clone_repo

Clones a repo in path specified if path is valid. Else, clones to cwd

module.exports(repo, at) ⇒ Promise ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: Promise - Resolves to the path under which the repo was cloned

Pull

get_existing_repos

Finds all repository folder paths under cwd. Used to update repos status

module.exports() ⇒ Array.<string> ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: Array.<string> - The repository folder paths under cwd

get_status

Updates refs for cwd

module.exports(path) ⇒ string ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: string - Repo status: diverged, fast-forward, up-to-date

pull_all

Pulls all branches for repo

module.exports(path) ⇒ string ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: string - Success message

get_all_branches

Returns all repo branches

module.exports(path) ⇒ Array.<string> ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: Array.<string> - The branch names

track_missing_branches

Creates local branches production and branches with prodv prefix, if not found

module.exports(path, branches) ⇒ Array.<string> ⏏

Kind: Exported function
Returns: Array.<string> - The branches that were added