quickly clone a github repository (Gnome desktop launcher)

clone.desktop

# https://gist.github.com/alifeee/bb0499e1272f312b82497031d28e91f2
# place in /usr/share/applications/clone.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Version=0.1.0
Name=Git Clone
Comment=Clone a GitHub repository
Exec=/home/alifeee/Desktop/clone.sh
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application;

clone.sh

#!/bin/bash
# quickly clone a GitHub repository
# 1. take user input of a GitHub repository
# 2. attempt to pattern match to an actual repository
# 3. attempt to clone it
# 4. open in file explorer or code editor
# made by alifeee
# version 0.1.0
# https://gist.github.com/alifeee/bb0499e1272f312b82497031d28e91f2

BASE="/home/alifeee/git"

echo "will clone to ${BASE}"
read -p "repository: " SSH_LOC

echo " input: ${SSH_LOC}"

# e.g., [email protected]:alifeee/blog.git
PAT_FULL="^git@github\.com:([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).git$"
# e.g., [email protected]:alifeee/blog
PAT_WITHOUT_EXTENSION="^git@github\.com:([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*)$"
# e.g., alifeee/blog
PAT_OWNER_REPO="^([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*)$"
# e.g., blog (only works when specifying default github account)
PAT_REPO="^([^\/]*)$"
DEFAULT_GITHUB_ACCOUNT="alifeee"
# e.g., github.com/alifeee/blog.git
PAT_HTTPS_DOTGIT="github\.com\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).git$"
# e.g., github.com/alifeee/blog...
PAT_HTTPS="github\.com\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*)"

if [[ "${SSH_LOC}" =~ $PAT_FULL ]]; then
	owner="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	repo="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
elif [[ "${SSH_LOC}" =~ $PAT_WITHOUT_EXTENSION ]]; then
	owner="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	repo="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
elif [[ "${SSH_LOC}" =~ $PAT_OWNER_REPO ]]; then
	owner="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	repo="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
elif [[ "${SSH_LOC}" =~ $PAT_REPO ]]; then
	owner="${DEFAULT_GITHUB_ACCOUNT}"
	repo="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
elif [[ "${SSH_LOC}" =~ $PAT_HTTPS_DOTGIT ]]; then
	owner="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	repo="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
elif [[ "${SSH_LOC}" =~ $PAT_HTTPS ]]; then
	owner="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	repo="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
else
  read -s -n1 -p "no match type found :("
  exit 1
fi

printf " parsed: (%s) (%s)\n" "${owner}" "${repo}"
cloneme="[email protected]:${owner}/${repo}.git"

echo " attempting to clone ${cloneme}"

(cd "${BASE}"; git clone "${cloneme}")

folder=$(echo "${cloneme}" | pcregrep -o2 "${PAT_FULL}")
fullpath="${BASE}/${folder}"

if [ ! -d "${fullpath}" ]; then
  read -s -n1 -p " no cloned folder found. curious... press ENTER to exit"
  exit 1
else
  openme="${BASE}/${folder}"
fi

echo "cloned to ${openme}. what now?"
echo "  ENTER to open in terminal"
echo '  "ex" to open in file explorer'
echo '  "code" to open in VSCodium'
read -p ":" ACTION

if [ "${ACTION}" == "code" ]; then
  codium "${openme}"
elif [ "${ACTION}" == "ex" ]; then
  # open in explorer
  xdg-open "${openme}"
else
  gnome-terminal --working-directory="${openme}"
fi