Monify

A bash 4.0+ script that creates a mono-repo from multiple repositories.

Creates a new repository named uni[my_repo_name_here] and in it are all the requested repositories with their git commit history included (and prefixed with the repo names).

the unirepo history will look like so:

[API-MODULE] Added new route for login
[WEB-MODULE] Removed logo from left panel
[API-MODULE] New SSL enrcyption of traffic
[MOBILE-MODULE] Added index.ios.js for iOS

Example usage:

monify create [new_repo_name] [repos_seperated_by_spaces] [git_project_url]

monify create repo "api-module web-module mobile-module" [email protected]:project

This will create a mono repo like so

megarepo (Build folder generated)
--- api-module
--- web-module
--- mobile-module
--- unirepo (This is the mono-repo)
------ api-module
------ web-module
------ mobile-module

after it is created just cd into the unirepo add a remote and push it to your desired git server.

Mono-Repo vs Multi-Repo

If you are wondering why this exists then you should read some of the following posts to see the benefits of a mono-repo and what it is.

• https://medium.com/@patrickleet/mono-repo-or-multi-repo-why-choose-one-when-you-can-have-both-e9c77bd0c668
• http://www.gigamonkeys.com/mono-vs-multi/
• https://hackernoon.com/one-vs-many-why-we-moved-from-multiple-git-repos-to-a-monorepo-and-how-we-set-it-up-f4abb0cfe469

Requirements

• bash 4.0 and above
• If on OSX then gsed is required

Notes

This script was tested on OSX only but should work just fine with any Linux box.