Repository Sync Skill

Efficiently manage and synchronize 26+ Git repositories with bulk operations, status monitoring, and coordinated commits.

Quick Start

# Check status of all repositories
./scripts/repository_sync status all

# Pull latest from all repos
./scripts/repository_sync pull all

# Sync (commit + push) all work repos
./scripts/repository_sync sync work -m "End of day sync"

When to Use

• Starting a work session and need to pull latest changes across all repos
• End of day sync to commit and push all pending changes
• Checking which repos have uncommitted changes or are behind remote
• Coordinating branch changes across multiple related repositories
• Releasing updates across the entire workspace ecosystem

Prerequisites

• Git installed and configured with SSH keys
• Access to all repositories in workspace-hub
• ./scripts/repository_sync script available and executable
• Repository URLs configured in config/repos.conf

Overview

This skill enables efficient management of multiple Git repositories in the workspace-hub ecosystem. It provides tools for bulk operations, status monitoring, and coordinated synchronization across all repositories.

Quick Reference

Common Commands

# List all repositories
./scripts/repository_sync list all

# Check status of all repos
./scripts/repository_sync status all

# Pull latest from all repos
./scripts/repository_sync pull all

# Commit and push all repos
./scripts/repository_sync sync all -m "Update message"

# Work with specific category
./scripts/repository_sync pull work
./scripts/repository_sync sync personal -m "Personal updates"

Repository Categories

Work Repositories

Business and client projects:

• digitalmodel - Digital model platform
• energy - Energy analysis tools
• frontierdeepwater - Deepwater engineering
• aceengineer-admin - Admin platform
• aceengineer-website - Company website

Personal Repositories

Personal projects and experiments:

• Side projects
• Learning repositories
• Personal tools

Viewing Categories

# List work repos
./scripts/repository_sync list work

# List personal repos
./scripts/repository_sync list personal

# List all repos
./scripts/repository_sync list all

Core Operations

1. Status Check

View the state of all repositories:

./scripts/repository_sync status all

Output indicators:

• 🟢 Clean: No changes, up to date
• 🔴 Uncommitted: Has local changes
• 🟣 Unpushed: Has commits not pushed
• 🔵 Behind: Remote has updates
• 🟡 Not cloned: Repository missing locally

2. Pull Operations

Fetch and merge from remote:

# Pull all repositories
./scripts/repository_sync pull all

# Pull only work repos
./scripts/repository_sync pull work

# Pull specific repo
./scripts/repository_sync pull digitalmodel

3. Commit Operations

Stage and commit changes:

# Commit all with default message
./scripts/repository_sync commit all

# Commit with custom message
./scripts/repository_sync commit all -m "Update dependencies"

# Commit work repos only
./scripts/repository_sync commit work -m "Weekly sync"

4. Push Operations

Push committed changes to remote:

# Push all repositories
./scripts/repository_sync push all

# Push work repos
./scripts/repository_sync push work

5. Full Sync (Commit + Push)

Complete synchronization in one command:

# Sync all repos
./scripts/repository_sync sync all -m "End of day sync"

# Sync work repos
./scripts/repository_sync sync work -m "Client updates"

Branch Management

List Branches

# Show branches in all repos
./scripts/repository_sync branches all

# Show branches in work repos
./scripts/repository_sync branches work

Fetch Remote Branches

Track all remote branches locally:

./scripts/repository_sync fetch-branches all

Sync with Main

Update feature branches with main:

# Merge main into current branches
./scripts/repository_sync sync-main all

# Rebase instead of merge
./scripts/repository_sync sync-main all --rebase

Switch Branches

Switch all repos to a specific branch:

# Switch to main
./scripts/repository_sync switch all main

# Switch to feature branch
./scripts/repository_sync switch work feature/new-design

Configuration

Repository URLs

Configure in config/repos.conf:

# Repository URL Configuration
digitalmodel=git@github.com:username/digitalmodel.git
energy=git@github.com:username/energy.git
aceengineer-admin=git@github.com:username/aceengineer-admin.git

Categories

Defined in .gitignore:

digitalmodel/        # Work
energy/              # Work
personal-project/    # Personal
mixed-repo/          # Work, Personal

Configure Repositories

# Edit configuration
./scripts/repository_sync config

# Refresh repository list
./scripts/repository_sync refresh

Workflows

Daily Development Workflow

# Morning: Pull latest
./scripts/repository_sync pull all

# During day: Work on code...

# End of day: Sync everything
./scripts/repository_sync sync all -m "$(date +%Y-%m-%d) updates"

Feature Branch Workflow

# Start feature in all work repos
./scripts/repository_sync switch work feature/new-feature

# Develop across repos...

# Keep in sync with main
./scripts/repository_sync sync-main work

# Push feature branches
./scripts/repository_sync push work

# Return to main
./scripts/repository_sync switch work main

Release Workflow

# Create release branch
./scripts/repository_sync switch work release/v1.2.0

# Final sync and push
./scripts/repository_sync sync work -m "Release v1.2.0 preparation"

# After merge, back to main
./scripts/repository_sync switch work main
./scripts/repository_sync pull work

Batch Operations

Selective Operations

Target specific repositories:

# Multiple specific repos
./scripts/repository_sync sync digitalmodel energy -m "Update"

# Pattern-based (if supported)
./scripts/repository_sync sync "ace*" -m "Ace project updates"

Parallel Execution

For faster operations on many repos:

# Built-in parallelization
./scripts/repository_sync pull all --parallel

# Or using xargs
ls -d */ | xargs -P 4 -I {} git -C {} pull

Execution Checklist

• Verify SSH authentication (ssh -T git@github.com)
• Check repository configuration (./scripts/repository_sync list all)
• Run status check before operations (./scripts/repository_sync status all)
• Review changes in repos with uncommitted work
• Execute bulk operation with appropriate scope (all/work/personal)
• Verify operation success with status check
• Resolve any conflicts or errors reported

Error Handling

Merge Conflicts

When conflicts occur:

# Status will show conflicts
./scripts/repository_sync status all

# Resolve manually in affected repo
cd affected-repo
git status
# Fix conflicts...
git add .
git commit -m "Resolve conflicts"

# Continue with other repos
./scripts/repository_sync sync all

Stale Branches

Clean up old branches:

# List stale remote-tracking branches
git remote prune origin --dry-run

# Prune stale branches
git remote prune origin

Recovery

If things go wrong:

# Reset to remote state
cd repo-name
git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/main

# Or restore from backup
git reflog
git reset --hard HEAD@{2}

Authentication Issues

# Verify SSH key
ssh -T git@github.com

# Check credential helper
git config --global credential.helper

Network Issues

# Test connectivity
git ls-remote origin

# Use HTTPS fallback
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/user/repo.git

Permission Denied

# Check file permissions
ls -la .git/

# Fix permissions
chmod -R u+rwX .git/

Metrics & Success Criteria

• Sync Time: All repos synced in < 5 minutes
• Status Accuracy: 100% accurate status reporting
• Error Rate: < 1% failed operations
• Recovery Time: Conflicts resolved within 10 minutes
• Coverage: All 26+ repos included in sync operations

Integration Points

With Workspace CLI

# Launch interactive menu
./scripts/workspace

# Navigate: Repository Management → Repository Sync Manager

With AI Agents

Agents can use repository sync for:

• Coordinated code changes
• Cross-repo refactoring
• Synchronized releases
• Documentation updates

Related Skills

• workspace-cli - Unified CLI interface
• compliance-check - Standards verification
• sparc-workflow - Development methodology

Best Practices

Commit Messages

Use consistent format:

[scope] action: description

Examples:
[all] update: Dependency refresh
[work] fix: Security patches
[docs] add: API documentation

Frequency

• Pull: Start of each work session
• Commit: After completing logical units
• Push: End of work session or before breaks
• Sync: Daily minimum

Verification

Always verify before pushing:

# Check what will be pushed
./scripts/repository_sync status all

# Review specific repo changes
cd repo-name && git diff origin/main

References

• Workspace CLI Documentation
• Repository Sync Documentation
• Development Workflow

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Version History

• 1.1.0 (2026-01-02): Upgraded to SKILL_TEMPLATE_v2 format - added Quick Start, When to Use, Execution Checklist, Error Handling consolidation, Metrics, Integration Points
• 1.0.0 (2024-10-15): Initial release with bulk operations, branch management, workflows, error handling, workspace integration