gitmerge.sh

Git repository merging utility

Installation

This script requires a Unix enviornment running Bash. This is available out of the box on most Linux distros, BSD installations, and macOS. It can be installed as a subsystem for Windows by enabling it under Additional Features.

To install it, simply run

git clone http://github.com/4U6U57/gitmerge ~/bin/
cd ~/bin/gitmerge
make install

This assumes that the ~/bin/ directory is in your $PATH.

Usage

Simply run gitmerge.sh in the directory you would like to create the merged repository. Use "." if you would like to use the current directory.

File Input

Format a file using the regular language below for automated merging, running the program with input redirect like so: gitmerge.sh < FILE

$MERGE_NAME
($DOWNLOAD_URL ($DIRECTORY_NAME)?)*

($UPLOAD_URL)?
(y)?

where

• $MERGE_NAME is the directory name of the base repo (the one you would like to merge others into)
• $DOWNLOAD_URL is the git clone URL, either in SSH or HTML form, of each repo you would like to merge into the base repo. Each URL should be on its own line. Examples of repo URLs below:
  • git@github.com:4U6U57/gitmerge
  • http://github.com/4U6U57/gitmerge
• $DIRECTORY_NAME is the optional name of the subdirectory in which the merged repo will be moved to. If none is provided, the default will be used (default for the git clone command)
• $UPLOAD_URL is the optional git clone URL of where you would like to push the final merged repo when it is completed. Note that there must be exactly one blank line in between the last $DOWNLOAD_URL and the $UPLOAD_URL
• y is the literal letter y, placed on the line after the $UPLOAD_URL if you would like to delete the base repo directory after pushing it

Here is an example file, merging in the repo gitmerge into the subdirector merge, and repo vimrc into the default subdirectory name (vimrc), and then uploading it to the repo example.merge while keeping the local contents.

example
git@github.com:4U6U57/gitmerge merge
http://bitbucket.org/4U6U57/vimrc

git@github.com:4U6U57/example.merge