Search through all reachable commits in all branches and tags in all repos on GitHub Enterprise Server for a pattern (run it on a backup system)

search-for-pattern-in-all-repos.sh

# Replace the string "Hyrule" with your search pattern - only run on backup system - will take a LOOOONG time to run through
ghe-console -y <<'ENDSCRIPT'
  Repository.find_each do |repository|
    if repository.active && !repository.empty? then
      host,path = GitHub::Routing.lookup_route(repository.nwo)
        puts "Processing repo #{repository.nwo} ..."
        refs=`git --git-dir=#{path} rev-list --branches --tags | sort | uniq`
        refs.each_line do |ref|
          if system("git --git-dir=#{path} grep 'Hyrule' #{ref}")
            puts "Found pattern in ref #{ref} in repo #{repository.nwo}: "
            puts `git --git-dir=#{path} grep 'Hyrule' #{ref}`
          end
        end
    end
  end

ENDSCRIPT