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+# Recursive Git Status
+
+I got bored of running `ls -d */ | xargs -I {} sh -c "cd {} && git status"` all the time, and so `rgst` was born.
+
+`rgst` is a tool for showing the git status of multiple repositories at once; aiming to display all the things I
+need to know about my git repos, without having to check on them each in turn.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+go install github.com/jobodd/rgst/cmd/rgst@latest
+
+## Usage
+
+Basic usage calls rgst on the current directory, showing the current branch, number of commits ahead/behind the remote, as well as files added/modified/removed/unstaged.
+```
+$ rgst
+|-- rgst develop ↑0 ↓0 +1 -0 ~0 U1
+````
+
+`rgst` takes a single argument as a path, and optional flags
+```
+$ rgst --files ~/dev/rgst
+|-- rgst develop ↑0 ↓0 +1 -0 ~0 U1 
+   |-- [AM] README
+````
+
+Run against a different directory, recurse one level down
+```
+$ rgst --depth 1  ~/dev/examples 
+|-- examples                                                                                          
+  |-- dbms                                                                                            
+    |-- mysql-server trunk  ↑0 ↓993 +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+    |-- postgres     master ↑0 ↓54  +2 -0 ~0 U2 
+    |-- sqlite       master ↑0 ↓1   +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+  |-- languages                                                                                       
+    |-- go           master ↑0 ↓0   +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+    |-- rust         master ↑0 ↓192 +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+  |-- ziglings.org   HEAD   ↑0 ↓115 +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+```
+
+Filter directories with regex
+```
+$ rgst --depth 1 --regex lang  ~/dev/examples
+|-- examples                                                                                     
+  |-- languages                                                                                  
+    |-- go      master ↑0 ↓0   +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+    |-- rust    master ↑0 ↓192 +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+
+$ rgst --depth 1 --regex lang -v  ~/dev/examples
+|-- examples                                                                                          
+  |-- dbms                                                                                            
+    |-- mysql-server trunk  ↑0 ↓993 +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+    |-- postgres     master ↑0 ↓54  +2 -0 ~0 U2 
+    |-- sqlite       master ↑0 ↓1   +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+  |-- ziglings.org   HEAD   ↑0 ↓115 +0 -0 ~0 U0 
+```
+
+See `--help` for additional flags
+```
+$ rgst --help
+NAME:
+   Recursive git status - Check the status of Git repositories in subdirectories
+
+USAGE:
+   Recursive git status [global options] command [command options]
+
+COMMANDS:
+   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command
+
+GLOBAL OPTIONS:
+   --depth value, -d value  Set the recursion depth to check for git repos. Max: 5 (default: 0)
+   --fetch, -f              Fetch the latest changes from remote (default: false)
+   --fetch-all,             Fetch the latest changes from remote, all branches (default: false)
+   --pull, -p               Pull the latest changes from remote (default: false)
+   --files                  Show the list of files changed for each git directory (default: false)
+   --regex value, -e value  Filter directories with an regular expression
+   --invert-match, -v       Invert the regular expression match (default: false)
+   --help, -h               show help
+```