Updating Collections in Bulk

Introduction

The repository cartabinaria/update contains a simple Bash script to apply the same patch (in .diff format) to all course repositories at once.

Before You Begin

For each repository, passwords for any ssh and gpg keys are prompted by git about 4 times. To prevent this, you can resort to one of the following two alternatives:

• Remove all passwords from your ssh and gpg keys;
• Launch ssh and gpg agents to add them to the cache.

Usage

Enter a repository where you have already made the changes you are interested in:

cd /my/repository/

Create the patch patch.diff using:

git diff <last origin commit> > /the/update/repository/patch.diff

Move to this folder:

cd /the/update/repository/

Apply the patch with the commit message of your choice:

./update <commit message>