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+#!/bin/sh
+# script to find all the git repositories in the current directory (& sub-directories) and display their git statuses
+
+find . -name ".git" -type d -not -path "./.cache/*" -not -path "./.local/*" -exec sh -c '(cd {}/../; pwd; git status)' \;                                                                                     