#!/bin/bash [ -n "$2" ] && exit 0 [ -e "$1" ] || exit 1 declare -A stuff re='core/(modules|rootfs)/([^/]+)/' while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do if [[ $line =~ $re ]]; then if [ -z "${stuff["${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"]}" ]; then stuff["${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"]=1 else let stuff["${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"]++ fi fi done < <( git status --porcelain | grep -E '^(A|M|D)' ) [ "${#stuff[@]}" -gt 2 ] && exit 0 [ "${#stuff[@]}" -lt 1 ] && exit 0 out="" for key in "${!stuff[@]}"; do out+="/$key" #echo "$key = ${stuff["$key"]}" done sed -i "1s~^~[${out:1}] ~" "$1"