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git sed

Replace patterns in git-controlled files using sed. Part of git-extras. More information: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-sed.

  • Replace the specified text in the current repository:

git sed '{{find_text}}' '{{replace_text}}'

  • Replace the specified text and then commit the resulting changes with a standard commit message:

git sed -c '{{find_text}}' '{{replace_text}}'

  • Replace the specified text, using regular expressions:

git sed -f g '{{find_text}}' '{{replace_text}}'

  • Replace a specific text in all files under a given directory:

git sed '{{find_text}}' '{{replace_text}}' -- {{path/to/directory}}