Detect remote url when in project

[Boomatang]

Detect remote URL when in project

Allow adding a remote by providing just a username/org instead of a full URL. The tool detects the remote URL pattern from the existing origin and constructs the new remote URL automatically.

Breaking change

The -r / --remote flag is repurposed. It now operates on the current repo (CWD) instead of walking GRAB_PATH. A new -R / --remote-all flag provides the walk behaviour.

Flags

-r, --remote        Add remote to current repo (CWD)
-R, --remote-all    Add remote to all repos in GRAB_PATH (ls-remote verified)

Both flags accept either a full URL or a username:

grab -r Boomatang                              # CWD: construct URL from origin
grab -r git@github.com:User/repo.git           # CWD: use URL as-is

grab -R Boomatang                              # walk GRAB_PATH: construct URL per repo, ls-remote verify
grab -R git@github.com:User/repo.git           # walk GRAB_PATH: add this URL to every matching repo

The flag controls scope, the input controls how the URL is resolved.

URL construction

When a username is provided instead of a full URL, the site and format are derived from the repo's own origin:

• GitHub origin (git@github.com:SomeOrg/repo.git) → git@github.com:Boomatang/repo.git
• Codeberg origin (ssh://git@codeberg.org/someone/repo.git) → ssh://git@codeberg.org/Boomatang/repo.git

Edge cases

• Not inside a git repo (CWD mode) → error
• No origin remote exists → error (or allow specifying which remote to use as template)
• Remote with that name already exists → skip with warning
• ls-remote fails or times out during GRAB_PATH walk → skip with warning
• Mixed sites in GRAB_PATH → no conflict, each repo derives its site from its own origin