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Created April 4, 2011 18:44
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#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright 2011, Tim Branyen @tbranyen <[email protected]>
# Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
#
# Automatically clone single or multiple repos into a folder,
# great for setting up a git projects folder.
#
# Install: curl https://gist.github.com/raw/902154/github.sh > /usr/local/bin/gh
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gh
#
# Internal properties
[email protected]:
GITHUB_USERNAME=$(git config --global github.user)
function main {
# Improperly configured user
detect_user
# Missing arguments
args=$1
if [ -z $args ]; then
echo '
gh: try ''`gh --help`'' for more information
'
exit
fi
# Display help text
if [ $args = '--help' ]; then
echo '
Clone repos from your GitHub
gh repo1 repo2
Clone repos from others GitHub
gh username/repo1 username/repo2
Clone mixed repos:
gh repo1 username/repo2
Clone line separated repos from file:
cat file | xargs gh
'
exit
fi
# Parse arguments and clone repos.
find_repos
}
function detect_user {
# If no username configured, attempt to pull from git --config
if [ -n "$GITHUB_USERNAME" ]; then
USERNAME=$GITHUB_USERNAME
else
echo '
gh: missing username
configure username with ''`git config --global github.user username`''
'
exit
fi
}
function find_repos {
for repo in $args; do
# If a user provides the parameter username/repo pull in that specific repository.
if [ `awk -v repo="$repo" -v delimit="/" 'BEGIN{print index(repo,delimit)}'` -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Pulling in $repo";
git clone $GITHUB_PREFIX$repo.git
# Default to you.
else
echo "Pulling in $USERNAME/$repo";
git clone $GITHUB_PREFIX$USERNAME/$repo.git
fi
done
}
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I made some changes to you script to make it clone multiple repository. All I needed is to clone the latest commit for each repo. You can find the modified script at https://gist.github.com/hosamshahin/99d4642c9762a68d10d4afb462e89575

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