git-get is a helper that allows cloning relative URLs with a short hand
$ git get joneskoo/git-get
Regardless of working directory where git get is executed, this expands to:
$ git clone git@github.com:joneskoo/git-get ~/src/github.com/joneskoo/git-get
This allows easy cloning of repositories into an uniform directory structure.
$ go get -u github.com/joneskoo/git-get
Make sure git-get is in your PATH; by default go get
installs to $HOME/bin. git will automatically understand
git get after this, but git-get is also valid.
You can override the defaults by setting environment variables:
| Environment variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
GIT_GET_PREFIX |
git@github.com: |
Prefix to add to relative clone targets |
GIT_GET_ROOT |
~/src |
Clone destination directory root |
$ git get joneskoo/git-get
$ git get git@github.com:joneskoo/git-get
$ git get https://github.com/joneskoo/git-get
These all clone to same directory.
Pro tip: combine git-get with CDPATH in your shell. If you set in your .zshrc or .bashrc:
CDPATH=$HOME/src:$HOME/src/github.com:$HOME/src/github.com/joneskoo:.You can use any of these commands to cd into /home/joneskoo/src/github.com/joneskoo/git-get
from anywhere!
$ cd git-get
$ cd joneskoo/git-get
$ cd github.com/joneskoo/git-get
But not only that, you can use cd to your other favorite projects as everything is cloned to the same directory structure. As you can also clone with absolute URLs, this works fine if you use this for work repositories but occasionally clone some open source project.
WARNING: this is highly addictive and you will not be able to work without this after trying it.