A simple tool to execute commands on given folders. Via spur, forage is capable of doing that over ssh, too.
You could probably do all that with xargs or find.
Very handy when working on organizations with a non-monolithic repository structure!
It has some safety measures included - but be very careful, as this tool allows (possibly) unprecedented in-the-foot-shooting.
Installation doesn't require much more than invoking the provided setup.py. Be crazy and individualistic by installing it into your global environment:
python setup.py install
You can also be a little more careful by using a virtual environment, of course.
I mostly use this with git to work on many repositories at once.
A short word of warning: If you use forage with git, be extra careful! Always check with git diff --cached before you actually commit!
Get a quick glance at the status of a lot of repositories:
forage -o -q -h -p -r "git status -s" repos | less
Commit with a message:
forage -o -q -h -p -r "git commit -m {{replace}}" --cmd-replace "Your commit message" repos | less
Some other useful commands with the forage / git combination:
See changes to commit: git diff --cachced