Export/clone Github repository (public/private) by user or organization name
- Be able to get grab all of interesting codes from a given user quickly
- Be able to clone specific language for a given user/organization
- Be able to clone all of organization/users in one go if desired
- Be able to clone private/public repositories for a given user/organization
- Be able to learn quickly or look at how something works from the source code
- I am too lazy to do this manually or through some other shell script
# Install the gem gem install github-cloner # refresh your gem just in case rbenv rehash # Get list of options just type the name of the gem github-clonerYou should see something like
Usage: github-cloner [options] Specific options: -b, --base-dir BASE_DIR where BASE_DIR is the directory where the repositories will be cloned to (mandatory) If not specified, current directory will be used -u, --user USER The Github USER that will be cloned from (mandatory) -o, --org [ORG] The Github's organization name to be used if specified (optional) where ORG is the organization that the user belongs to -t, --oauth-token [OAUTH_TOKEN] The Github's oauth_token for authentication (optional - only required to list/clone private repositories) where OAUTH_TOKEN is from the user's Github setting -l, --language [LANG] Clone only project of type LANG (optional) where LANG is main language as shown on Github -a, --[no-]all-repos All repository only (optional) default to original/non-forked repositories only -c, --[no-]clone Clone the repositories to the path specified (optional) default to --no-clone e.g. dry-run only Common options: -h, --help Show this message - List repositories by user or organization id
# List all original/non-forked repositories by `awesome_user` $github-cloner --user awesome_user ## List all original/non-forked repositories of a user `awesome_user` that belongs to `AwesomeCo` $github-cloner --user awesome_user --org AwesomeCo ## List all origina/non-forked repositories by user `awesome_user` including private repository # Note: for this to work you will need to have the proper access with the right token $github-cloner --user awesome_user --oauth-token GITHUB_TOKEN_FOR_THIS_USER ## List all repositories by user `awesome_user` include forked repositories $github-cloner --user awesome_user --oauth-token GITHUB_TOKEN_FOR_THIS_USER- List and clone repositories by user or organization id using
--cloneoption
## Clone all original (non-fork) public `JavaScript` repositores for user `awesome_user` to `~/Desktop/github` # Note: --base-dir is optional, if not specified then the current directory will be used # --languages must be quoted if the value include any spaces e.g. "Emacs Lisp" for this to to work properly $github-cloner --user awesome_user \ --base-dir ~/Desktop/github \ --languages "JavaScript" \ --clone ## Clone all public/private repositories for `awesome_user` which are member of `AwesomeCo` organization to `~/Desktop/github` # Note: the option `--all` to include all forked repositories $github-cloner --user awesome_user \ --org AwesomeCo \ --all-repos \ --base-dir ~/Desktop/github \ --oauth-token GITHUB_TOKEN_FOR_AWESOME_USER \ --clone ## Clone specific type of projects (e.g. `Java` and `Emacs Lisp` in this case) public/private repositories for `awesome_user` ## which are member of `AwesomeCo` organization to `~/Desktop/github` $github-cloner --user awesome_user \ --org AwesomeCo \ --all-repos \ --languages "Java,Emacs Lisp" \ --base-dir ~/Desktop/github \ --oauth-token GITHUB_TOKEN_FOR_AWESOME_USER \ --clone- List repositories by a given user (dry-run)
$github-cloner -b ~/Desktop/projects -u littlebee -l Ruby ------------------------------------------ List of languages by littlebee Makefile CoffeeScript Ruby JavaScript Arduino ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ List of all repositories by littlebee 1/15: littlebee/Makefile/arduino-mk 2/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-build 3/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-docs 4/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-strings 5/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-test 6/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-util 7/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/git-log-utils 8/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/git-status-utils 9/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/git-time-machine 10/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/notjs 11/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/publish 12/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/react-focus-trap-amd 13/15: littlebee/Ruby/got 14/15: littlebee/JavaScript/selectable-collection 15/15: littlebee/Arduino/solar-sunflower ------------------------------------------ FYI: dry-run only, no action taken!! Process 1 of 1 : git clone git@github.com:littlebee/got.git /Users/bchoomnuan/Desktop/projects/Ruby/littlebee/got - List and clone repositories for a given user (e.g.
--cloneoption used)
$github-cloner -b ~/Desktop/projects -u littlebee -l Ruby -c ------------------------------------------ List of languages by littlebee Makefile CoffeeScript Ruby JavaScript Arduino ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ List of all repositories by littlebee 1/15: littlebee/Makefile/arduino-mk 2/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-build 3/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-docs 4/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-strings 5/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-test 6/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/bumble-util 7/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/git-log-utils 8/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/git-status-utils 9/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/git-time-machine 10/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/notjs 11/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/publish 12/15: littlebee/CoffeeScript/react-focus-trap-amd 13/15: littlebee/Ruby/got 14/15: littlebee/JavaScript/selectable-collection 15/15: littlebee/Arduino/solar-sunflower ------------------------------------------ Process 1 of 1 : git clone git@github.com:littlebee/got.git /Users/bchoomnuan/Desktop/projects/Ruby/littlebee/got - Replace system call with the ruby library like grit or something similar
- Allow the
httpswhen performing the clone
- github_cloner by Vasiliy Ermolovich
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request