NAME

git-grab — clone git repositories to a standard location

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The git-grab utility clones git repositories to a standard location, organised by domain name and path. Pass one or more URL to clone. Arguments for git may be supplied after --.

The following options are available:

-c, --clipboard

Paste a URL to clone from the clipboard.

--home

The directory to use as "grab home", where the URLs will be cloned into. Overrides the GRAB_HOME environment variable if set.

-p, --copy-path

Copy the local destination path to clipboard after cloning. If more than one URL is supplied the path of the last one is copied.

-n, --dry-run

Don't clone repositories, but print what would be done.

-h, --help

Display a help message and exit.

-V, --version

Display version information and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

GRAB_HOME

The base directory to clone into. If the variable GRAB_HOME is not set, ~/src is used.

GRAB_COPY_PATH

If set, copy the local destination path to the clipboard after cloning. (equivalent to [--copy-path])

EXIT STATUS

The git-grab utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

git-clone(1)

HISTORY

The git-grab utility is inspired by grab by Jeff Hodges. This implementation was written from scratch by Wesley Moore.