Git clone 2

gistfile1.txt

function gc2 {
    url="$1"
    download_path="/YOUR/PATH/"
    # Remove protocol and .git, replace : with / for SSH
    full_path=$(echo "$url" | sed -E 's#(git@|https?://)##; s#:#/#; s#\.git$##')
    go_to_path="${download_path}${full_path}"

    # Try to clone, capture output and error
    output=$(git clone "$url" "$go_to_path" 2>&1)
    clone_status=$?

    if [[ $clone_status -ne 0 ]]; then
        if echo "$output" | grep -q "already exists and is not an empty directory"; then
            # Silently ignore this specific error
            :
        else
            # Print the error and exit
            echo "$output" >&2
            return $clone_status
        fi
    fi

    cd "$go_to_path"
}