A simple shell script to simplify the cloning process.

clone.sh

if (( $# == 1 )); then
    # if only one argument is given (that is that directory = name of repo)
    git clone $1
    repo=$1
    repo2arr=(${repo//// }) # split string into list by `/`
    gitname=${repo2arr[-1]} # get last value
    git2arr=(${gitname//./ }) # split by `.`
    name=${git2arr[0]} # get first place
    echo "Created repo at $name"
    cd $name # move into directory
fi
if (( $# == 2 )); then
    # if two arguments are used
    git clone $1 $2
    cd $2
fi

May I clarify as to which OS you are currently operating on? This is, of course, a very Bash-focused thing. I use Windows, so I have been adapting it to Git Bash, but it's possible that it's not exactly applicable for other OS .bashrcs.