diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt
index 94bd19da263fa3..abe3527aacab55 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ These config values are loaded from system, global, and local Git config,
as available. If `git for-each-repo` is run in a directory that is not a
Git repository, then only the system and global config is used.
+--keep-going::
+ Continue with the remaining repositories if the command failed
+ on a repository. The exit code will still indicate that the
+ overall operation was not successful.
++
+Note that the exact exit code of the failing command is not passed
+through as the exit code of the `for-each-repo` command: If the command
+failed in any of the specified repositories, the overall exit code will
+be 1.
SUBPROCESS BEHAVIOR
-------------------
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-repo.c b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
index 28186b30f54818..c4fa41fda9f763 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-repo.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static int run_command_on_repo(const char *path, int argc, const char ** argv)
int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
static const char *config_key = NULL;
+ int keep_going = 0;
int i, result = 0;
const struct string_list *values;
int err;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
const struct option options[] = {
OPT_STRING(0, "config", &config_key, N_("config"),
N_("config key storing a list of repository paths")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-going", &keep_going,
+ N_("keep going even if command fails in a repository")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -55,8 +58,14 @@ int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
else if (err)
return 0;
- for (i = 0; !result && i < values->nr; i++)
- result = run_command_on_repo(values->items[i].string, argc, argv);
+ for (i = 0; i < values->nr; i++) {
+ int ret = run_command_on_repo(values->items[i].string, argc, argv);
+ if (ret) {
+ if (!keep_going)
+ return ret;
+ result = 1;
+ }
+ }
return result;
}
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index d187cec1ea7550..d3b5ca9bb14502 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -1870,6 +1870,7 @@ static int launchctl_schedule_plist(const char *exec_path, enum schedule_priorit
"%s/git\n"
"--exec-path=%s\n"
"for-each-repo\n"
+ "--keep-going\n"
"--config=maintenance.repo\n"
"maintenance\n"
"run\n"
@@ -2112,7 +2113,7 @@ static int schtasks_schedule_task(const char *exec_path, enum schedule_priority
"\n"
"\n"
"\"%s\\headless-git.exe\"\n"
- "--exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%s\n"
+ "--exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --keep-going --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%s\n"
"\n"
"\n"
"\n";
@@ -2257,7 +2258,7 @@ static int crontab_update_schedule(int run_maintenance, int fd)
"# replaced in the future by a Git command.\n\n");
strbuf_addf(&line_format,
- "%%d %%s * * %%s \"%s/git\" --exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%%s\n",
+ "%%d %%s * * %%s \"%s/git\" --exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --keep-going --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%%s\n",
exec_path, exec_path);
fprintf(cron_in, line_format.buf, minute, "1-23", "*", "hourly");
fprintf(cron_in, line_format.buf, minute, "0", "1-6", "daily");
@@ -2458,7 +2459,7 @@ static int systemd_timer_write_service_template(const char *exec_path)
"\n"
"[Service]\n"
"Type=oneshot\n"
- "ExecStart=\"%s/git\" --exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%%i\n"
+ "ExecStart=\"%s/git\" --exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --keep-going --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%%i\n"
"LockPersonality=yes\n"
"MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes\n"
"NoNewPrivileges=yes\n"
diff --git a/t/t0068-for-each-repo.sh b/t/t0068-for-each-repo.sh
index 4b90b74d5d515e..95019e01ed3328 100755
--- a/t/t0068-for-each-repo.sh
+++ b/t/t0068-for-each-repo.sh
@@ -59,4 +59,20 @@ test_expect_success 'error on NULL value for config keys' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success '--keep-going' '
+ git config keep.going non-existing &&
+ git config --add keep.going . &&
+
+ test_must_fail git for-each-repo --config=keep.going \
+ -- branch >out 2>err &&
+ test_grep "cannot change to .*non-existing" err &&
+ test_must_be_empty out &&
+
+ test_must_fail git for-each-repo --config=keep.going --keep-going \
+ -- branch >out 2>err &&
+ test_grep "cannot change to .*non-existing" err &&
+ git branch >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect out
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
index 0943dfa18a3f97..8595489cebe25c 100755
--- a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
@@ -639,9 +639,9 @@ test_expect_success 'start from empty cron table' '
# start registers the repo
git config --get --global --fixed-value maintenance.repo "$(pwd)" &&
- grep "for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=daily" cron.txt &&
- grep "for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=hourly" cron.txt &&
- grep "for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=weekly" cron.txt
+ grep "for-each-repo --keep-going --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=daily" cron.txt &&
+ grep "for-each-repo --keep-going --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=hourly" cron.txt &&
+ grep "for-each-repo --keep-going --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=weekly" cron.txt
'
test_expect_success 'stop from existing schedule' '