Feature request - Export & import of repo collections

[Alain Schlesser]

Hey @mixu , thank for the great gr, it is very useful!

I would really love to see an export & import feature so that developers can share a collection of repos.

I imagine it could work something like this:

1. Developer A has a folder full of repos in his ~/dev/company folder.
2. He runs gr export ~/dev/company.
3. gr creates a list of relative folder names, corresponding git repo URIs, and corresponding tags for each of the subfolders.
4. Developer A sends that file (maybe JSON named gr-export.json?) to Developer B.
5. Developer B creates a new folder ~/company-dev.
6. Developer B runs the command gr import gr-export.json ~/company-dev.
7. gr now creates each of the subfolders in this new location.
8. Inside of each folder, gr clones the corresponding repo.
9. gr tags the folders with the same tags they had at Developer A's location.

So, this lets developers share a completely configured folder hierarchy. To onboard a new developer, he simply needs to gr import the latest company export.

[Mikito Takada]

👍 this could be written as a plugin and would be great! happy to accept a PR

[Tim Jacomb]

@schlessera If you're still interested in this would you like to try out #59 ?

[Alain Schlesser]

@timja-kainos I am not using gr with the project I am currently working on.
As soon as I get a new opportunity to work with gr, I will make sure to test this, but I cannot tell you when that will be...

[Mikito Takada]

implemented in #59