Update passwords of git repos using an HTTP remote following a change of password on the server

command.sh

find . -path "*/.git/config" -exec sed -i.bak-$YYYYMMDD "s/$OLDPASSWORD/$NEWPASSWORD/g" '{}' \; -exec grep -l "$NEWPASSWORD" '{}' \;

UpdatePasswordsOfGitReposUsingHttp.md

The passwords will be stored in .git/config, so what we need to do is:

1. find all files in the current directory that match '*/.git/config',
2. swap out the old password for the new…
3. making a backup of the original,
4. and the display the names of the files that have been changed for double-checking