gitskan

A CLI tool for scanning directories and displaying Git repository status information. gitskan is a fork of gits-statuses which provides scripts to get a comprehensive overview of all your Git repositories in a clean, tabular format.

Notes:

• gitskan was catalyzed by this GitHub Issue
• Implements a single CLI utility that is:
  • Distributed and downloaded via PyPi
  • Used globally as a bona fide CLI utility
  • Easy to install and use for the end user
  • Compatible with any terminal

Features

This scans your directories and displays:

Standard View:

• Repository name
• Current branch
• Commits ahead of remote
• Commits behind remote
• Changed files count
• Untracked files count
• Only shows repositories with changes (clean repos are hidden)

Detailed View:

• All columns from standard view
• Total commits count
• Status summary (e.g., "↑1 ~2 ?3" for 1 ahead, 2 changed, 3 untracked)
• Remote URL
• Shows ALL repositories (including clean ones)

Enhanced Summary:

• Total repositories found
• Repositories with changes
• Repositories ahead of remote
• Repositories behind remote
• Repositories with untracked files

Installation

Prerequisites

• uv

Install with uv (Recommended)

# Install gitskan
uv tool install gitskan

# Verify installation
gitskan --version

Usage

Basic Commands

# Basic usage - scan current directory
gitskan

# Detailed view with remote URLs and total commits
gitskan --detailed

# Scan a specific directory
gitskan --path /path/to/projects

# Show help
gitskan --help

Examples

Standard view (shows only repositories with changes):

Repository    | Branch | Ahead | Behind | Changed | Untracked
-------------------------------------------------------------
gits-statuses | main   | 1     |        | 1       | 1        
my-project    | dev    | 2     |        | 3       | 2        
web-app       | main   |       | 2      | 1       |          

Summary:
  Total repositories: 5
  Repositories with changes: 3
  Repositories ahead of remote: 2
  Repositories behind remote: 1
  Repositories with untracked files: 2

Detailed view (shows all repositories):

Repository    | Branch | Ahead | Behind | Changed | Untracked | Total Commits | Status   | Remote URL                               
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
api-service   | main   |       |        |         |           | 45            | Clean    | https://github.com/user/api-service
gits-statuses | main   | 1     |        | 1       | 1         | 9             | ↑1 ~1 ?1 | https://github.com/nicolgit/gits-statuses
my-project    | dev    | 2     |        | 3       | 2         | 67            | ↑2 ~3 ?2 | https://github.com/user/my-project
utils-lib     | main   |       |        |         |           | 23            | Clean    | https://github.com/user/utils-lib
web-app       | main   |       | 2      | 1       |           | 102           | ↓2 ~1    | https://github.com/user/web-app

Summary:
  Total repositories: 5
  Repositories with changes: 3
  Repositories ahead of remote: 2
  Repositories behind remote: 1
  Repositories with untracked files: 2

Status Symbols

• ↑n: n commits ahead of remote
• ↓n: n commits behind remote
• ~n: n changed files (modified/added/deleted)
• ?n: n untracked files
• Clean: Repository has no pending changes

Examples:

• ↑2 ~1 ?3 = 2 commits ahead, 1 changed file, 3 untracked files
• ↓1 ~2 = 1 commit behind, 2 changed files
• Clean = No changes, fully synchronized