Script to update GIT remotes easily

update-git-remotes.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Configuration
OLD_DOMAIN="example.com"
NEW_DOMAIN="example.dev"

# Check if REPOS_PATH is provided as an argument
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
  REPOS_PATH="$1"
else
  echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/repos"
  exit 1
fi

# Verify that REPOS_PATH exists and is a directory
if [ ! -d "$REPOS_PATH" ]; then
  echo "Error: The path '$REPOS_PATH' does not exist or is not a directory."
  exit 1
fi

# Function to update remote URLs in a Git repository
update_remote() {
  local repo_path="$1"
  echo "Updating repository: $repo_path"
  
  cd "$repo_path" || { echo "Failed to enter directory: $repo_path"; return; }
  
  # Get current remote URL
  CURRENT_URL=$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null)
  
  if [ -z "$CURRENT_URL" ]; then
    echo "No 'origin' remote found for $repo_path. Skipping."
    return
  fi
  
  # Check if the current URL contains the old domain
  if [[ "$CURRENT_URL" == *"$OLD_DOMAIN"* ]]; then
    # Replace old domain with new domain
    NEW_URL=${CURRENT_URL//$OLD_DOMAIN/$NEW_DOMAIN}
    
    # Update the remote URL
    git remote set-url origin "$NEW_URL"
    
    echo "Updated origin to $NEW_URL"
    
    # Optional: Fetch from the new remote to verify
    git fetch origin >/dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "Successfully fetched from the new remote."
    else
      echo "Warning: Failed to fetch from the new remote. Check your configuration."
    fi
  else
    echo "No matching remote URL found for $repo_path. Skipping."
  fi
}

# Export the function so it's available to subshells (used by find -exec)
export -f update_remote
export OLD_DOMAIN
export NEW_DOMAIN

# Use find to locate all .git directories up to depth 5 and update their remotes
find "$REPOS_PATH" -type d -name ".git" -maxdepth 5 | while read -r git_dir; do
  repo_dir=$(dirname "$git_dir")
  update_remote "$repo_dir"
done

echo "Remote URLs update process completed."