gh-devclone

Clone a GitHub repository to local development directory, preserving the OWNER/REPO directory structure. This command is a thin wrapper over gh repo clone.

Installation

gh ext install mkaput/gh-devclone

Usage

gh devclone OWNER/REPO

By default, the repository is cloned to ~/Developer/OWNER/REPO. The root directory can be customized by setting the GH_DEVCLONE_ROOT environment variable (globally) or by passing it via the --root argument.

GH_DEVCLONE_ROOT=~/Projects gh devclone OWNER/REPO

gh devclone OWNER/REPO --root ~/Projects

If the OWNER/ portion of the OWNER/REPO repository argument is omitted, it defaults to the name of the authenticating user.

Pass --open to open the project after cloning. The editor command can be configured via --editor COMMAND or the GH_DEVCLONE_EDITOR environment variable. The default editor is idea.

# --open is a simple flag; it can appear before or after OWNER/REPO
gh devclone --open OWNER/REPO
gh devclone OWNER/REPO --open

# Choose editor via environment variable
GH_DEVCLONE_EDITOR=cat gh devclone --open OWNER/REPO

# Choose editor via CLI option
gh devclone --open --editor cat OWNER/REPO