Git Repository Organizer

Organize git repositories by language following GOPATH conventions for Go and ~/src/ for everything else.

Repository Placement

digraph placement {
    "New repository" [shape=box];
    "Is it primarily Go?" [shape=diamond];
    "~/go/src/github.com/org/repo" [shape=box, color=blue];
    "~/src/github.com/org/repo" [shape=box, color=green];

    "New repository" -> "Is it primarily Go?";
    "Is it primarily Go?" -> "~/go/src/github.com/org/repo" [label="yes"];
    "Is it primarily Go?" -> "~/src/github.com/org/repo" [label="no"];
}

Detecting Go Projects

# Check for Go indicators
test -f go.mod && echo "Go project"
find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*.go" | head -1

Quick inspection before cloning:

git clone git@github.com:org/repo.git /tmp/repo-check
cd /tmp/repo-check
if [ -f "go.mod" ] || [ -n "$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name '*.go')" ]; then
    echo "Go → ~/go/src/github.com/org/repo"
else
    echo "Other → ~/src/github.com/org/repo"
fi
rm -rf /tmp/repo-check

Cloning Commands

Go projects:

mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/org
cd ~/go/src/github.com/org
git clone git@github.com:org/repo.git

Non-Go projects:

mkdir -p ~/src/github.com/org
cd ~/src/github.com/org
git clone git@github.com:org/repo.git

Repository Audit

Find all repositories:

find ~/go/src -name ".git" -type d -maxdepth 5
find ~/src -name ".git" -type d -maxdepth 3

Find misplaced Go projects in ~/src:

for dir in ~/src/*; do
    [ -f "$dir/go.mod" ] && echo "Misplaced Go: $dir"
done

Check for uncommitted changes:

for dir in ~/go/src/github.com/*/*; do
    [ -d "$dir/.git" ] && cd "$dir" && \
    ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- 2>/dev/null && \
    echo "Uncommitted: $dir"
done

Reorganizing Misplaced Repos

1. Identify - Find repos in wrong location
2. Extract remote - git remote -v to get org/repo
3. Move - mv ~/src/project ~/go/src/github.com/org/repo
4. Update references - IDE workspaces, aliases, symlinks
5. Verify - cd new/path && go build (for Go projects)

Quick Reference