- This utility recursively searches in the current directory (or in the
- directory given by the "GIT_DIR" environment variable if it's set) for
- all git repositories, "chdir" into each of them, and executes the
- specified git command. Moreover, those formats are substuted in the
- arguments before running the command :
+ This utility recursively searches in a root directory (which may be the
+ current working directory or - if it has been set - the directory given
+ by the "GIT_DIR" environment variable) for all git repositories, sort
+ this list by the repository path, "chdir" into each of them, and
+ executes the specified git command. Moreover, those formats are
+ substituted in the arguments before running the command :