sourcebot/docs/docs/connections/local-repos.mdx
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feat: Ask Sourcebot (#392)
Co-authored-by: msukkari <michael.sukkarieh@mail.mcgill.ca>
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---
title: Local Git repositories
icon: folder
---
import GenericGitHost from '/snippets/schemas/v3/genericGitHost.schema.mdx'
Sourcebot can sync code from generic git repositories stored in a local directory. This can be helpful in scenarios where you already have a large number of repos already checked out. Local repositories are treated as **read-only**, meaning Sourcebot will **not** `git fetch` new revisions.
If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview), please read that overview first.
## Getting Started
<Warning>
Only folders containing git repositories at their root **and** have a `remote.origin.url` set in their git config are supported at this time. All other folders will be skipped.
</Warning>
Let's assume we have a `repos` directory located at `$(PWD)` with a collection of git repositories:
```sh
repos/
├─ repo_1/
├─ repo_2/
├─ repo_3/
├─ ...
```
To get Sourcebot to index these repositories:
<Steps>
<Step title="Mount a volume">
We need to mount a docker volume to the `repos` directory so Sourcebot can read it's contents. Sourcebot will **not** write to local repositories, so we can mount a separate **read-only** volume:
``` bash
docker run \
-v $(pwd)/repos:/repos:ro \
/* additional args */ \
ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
```
</Step>
<Step title="Create a connection">
We can now create a new git [connection](/docs/connections/overview), specifying local paths with the `file://` prefix. Glob patterns are supported. For example:
```json
{
"type": "git",
"url": "file:///repos/*"
}
```
Sourcebot will expand this glob pattern into paths `/repos/repo_1`, `/repos/repo_2`, etc. and index all valid git repositories.
</Step>
</Steps>
## Examples
<AccordionGroup>
<Accordion title="Sync individual repo">
```json
{
"type": "git",
"url": "file:///path/to/git_repo"
}
```
</Accordion>
<Accordion title="Sync multiple repos using glob patterns">
```json
// Attempt to sync directories contained in `repos/` (non-recursive)
{
"type": "git",
"url": "file:///repos/*"
}
```
</Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>
## Schema reference
<Accordion title="Reference">
[schemas/v3/genericGitHost.json](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/blob/main/schemas/v3/genericGitHost.json)
<GenericGitHost />
</Accordion>