git-daily-rust

A fast CLI tool for keeping multiple git repositories up to date. Updates repositories by stashing local changes, fetching from remote, pulling the main branch, and restoring your previous state.

Features

• Workspace mode: Update all git repositories in a directory in parallel
• Single repo mode: Update a single repository
• Safe updates: Automatically stashes uncommitted changes and restores them after update
• Branch preservation: Returns to your original branch after updating master/main
• Smart branch detection: Tries master first, falls back to main
• Progress tracking: Visual progress bars for workspace updates
• Verbosity controls: Quiet mode for CI, verbose mode for debugging

Installation

cargo install --path .

Usage

# Update all repos in current directory (workspace mode)
# Automatically detected when not inside a git repository
git-daily-v2

# Update a single repository (auto-detected when inside a git repo)
cd my-project && git-daily-v2

# Verbose mode - show git commands being executed
git-daily-v2 --verbose

# Quiet mode - minimal output for scripts/CI
git-daily-v2 --quiet

# Custom timeout for slow networks (default: 30 seconds)
GIT_DAILY_TIMEOUT=60 git-daily-v2

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	All repositories updated successfully
1	Some repositories failed to update
2	All repositories failed to update

How It Works

For each repository, git-daily-rust:

1. Detects the current branch
2. Checks for uncommitted changes
3. Fetches from remote with pruning
4. Stashes changes (if any tracked files are modified)
5. Checks out master/main branch
6. Pulls latest changes (fast-forward only)
7. Restores original branch
8. Pops stash (if changes were stashed)

License

MIT