gistfile1.py

#!/bin/python

import sys
import re
import subprocess as sp

if(len(sys.argv) < 2):
	sp.call('git clone')
	sys.exit()

args = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
iterator = iter(sys.argv[1:])

for arg in iterator:
	if(re.match('^-', arg)):
		if(re.match('^(--(reference|origin|branch|upload-pack|template|config|depth|separate-git-dir)|-[obuc])', arg)):
			next(iterator)
	else:
		if(not re.match('^((ssh|git|http|https)://|git@)', arg)):
			args = args.replace(arg, '').strip()

			if(re.match('[a-zA-Z0-9]+/[a-zA-Z0-9]+', arg)):
				sp.call('git clone %s git@github.com:%s' % (args, arg))
			else:
				# this seems overly complicated for the output
				p = sp.Popen('git config --get user.user', stdout = sp.PIPE)
				(user, e) = p.communicate()

				if(not len(user)):
					print 'Missing user.user in gitconfig'
					sys.exit()
				else:
					sp.call('git clone %s git@github.com:%s/%s' % (args, user.strip('\r\n'), arg))
		else:
			sp.call('git clone %s' % (args))