Clonerepo

clonerepo removes the hazzle of having to use cd to the preferred directory when cloning from GitHub.

It clones github repositores into a pre-determined directory structure, and then cds into the cloned directory.

ℹ️ Tip: See also  newrepo. It creates git repositories into a pre-determined directory structure, and then cds into the directory containing the repository.

Example

/tmp $ . clonerepo https://github.com/yngvark/newrepo.git
Cloning into directory: /home/myself/git/yngvark/newrepo
Cloning into 'newrepo'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 26, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (26/26), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (20/20), done.
remote: Total 26 (delta 7), reused 23 (delta 4), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (26/26), 9.02 KiB | 9.02 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (7/7), done.

~/git/newrepo (main) $ 

Notice that clonerepo changed the current directory (where the parent path is configurable).

Install

git clone https://github.com/yngvark/clonerepo.git
cd clonerepo
go install

Finalize with the steps below, depending on the shell you use.

Bash

Add the following to your .bashrc:

source <path to cloned dir>/clonerepo_bash

Fish

ln -s <path to cloned dir>/clone.fish ~/.config/fish/functions/clone.fish 

Add required configuration

• Install clonerepo as shown above.

• We need to tell clonerepo where it should store repositories.

mkdir -p ~/.config/clonerepo

Replace directory $HOME/git below with your preferred directory for keeping repositories:

echo "gitDir: $HOME/git" > ~/.config/clonerepo/config.yaml

Getting started

Now you can try cloning a directory:

clone https://github.com/yngvark/clonerepo

• Notice how the current directory changed to $HOME/git/clonerepo - or whatever you set your gitDir to in the configuration above.

Uninstall

• Remove binary

rm $GOBIN/clonerepo

• Remove the Bash or Fish specific parts added under Install

Usage

$ clone -h
usage: clonerepo [-h] [-t] repoUri

git clones a repo URI to the appropriate directory. Tip: use ". clonerepo <args>"
to change directory to cloned directory.

positional arguments:
  repoUri     URI of the repo to clone

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -t, --temp  Clone the repository in a temporary directory