easily clone github repos

git_clone.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import commands
import sys
from functools import partial

CMD = 'git clone {protocol}{sep1}github.com{sep2}{user}/{repo}.git'
make_cmd = lambda **kwargs: CMD.format(**kwargs)

ssh = partial(make_cmd,protocol='git',sep1='@',sep2=':')
https = partial(make_cmd,protocol='https',sep1='://',sep2='/')

def print_usage():
    print '''Usage:
        {} --user GITHUB_USER --repo REPO_NAME

        will clone REPO_NAME from GITHUB_USER's account
    '''.format(__file__)
    sys.exit(1)

def run():
    ('--user' in sys.argv and '--repo' in sys.argv) or print_usage()
    return commands.getoutput(
                            dict(
                                ssh=ssh,
                                https=https,
                                )[all(filter(lambda x: 'https' not in x,sys.argv)) and 'ssh' or 'https'](
                                user=(sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--user')+1]),
                                repo=(sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--repo')+1])
                            )
    )

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print run()