Git: how to find git repository directories
To find many git repository directories on your local system, we use the find command:
find ~ -type d -name .git
Sample result:
~/foo/.git
~/bar/baz/.git
~/some/other/directory/.git
To use "find"
We use these find command options:
- tilde says to search everything with our home directory
- -type d searches for directories, not files
- -name .git searches for the name ".git" which is a repository
To learn more about find, search the net for: unix man page find
To chop the git repository: xargs dirname
To chop off the .git repository from the directory path, we use the xargs and dirname command:
find ~ -type d -name .git | xargs -n 1 dirname
Sample result:
~/foo
~/bar/baz
~/some/other/directory
To learn more about dirname, search the net for: unix man page dirname
To learn more about xargs, search the net for: unix man page xargs