git-get

Clone git repositories into namespaced directories like go get

Example

$ export GITPATH=$HOME/git
$ git get https://github.com/golang/go.git
Cloning into '/Users/yijiayu/git/github.com/golang/go'...
...
$ git get https://github.com/yi-jiayu/bus-eta-bot.git
Cloning into '/Users/yijiayu/git/github.com/yi-jiayu/bus-eta-bot'...
...
$ git get https://gitlab.com/yi-jiayu/bus-eta-bot.git
Cloning into '/Users/yijiayu/git/gitlab.com/yi-jiayu/bus-eta-bot'...
...
$ tree -L 3 $GITPATH
/Users/yijiayu/git
├── github.com
│   ├── golang
│   │   └── go
│   └── yi-jiayu
│       └── bus-eta-bot
└── gitlab.com
    └── yi-jiayu
        └── bus-eta-bot

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Installation

git will make any executable prefixed with git- on your $PATH available as a git subcommand, so you will be able to run git-get as git get once it is on your $PATH.

Binary downloads

Download a precompiled binary for the latest release for your system from the Releases page and put it on your $PATH.

Homebrew

Users on MacOS can use Homebrew:

brew install yi-jiayu/tap/git-get

From source

With a working Go toolchain:

go build -o ~/bin/git-get

Replace ~/bin with any directory on your $PATH.

Git URL support

GitHub
GitLab
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