Simple bash script to download and extract github repo to local directory, just like "git clone" but only the source code.

skel-hub

#!/bin/bash -e

if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "skel-hub - download and extract github tarball
Usage: $0 user/repo [project]"
    exit 1
fi

GITHUB_REPO=$1

if [ -z $2 ]; then
    TARGET_NAME=$(basename $GITHUB_REPO)
else
    TARGET_NAME="$2"
fi

TARGET_DIR=$PWD
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)

cd $TMPDIR
wget -qO- "https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPO/archive/master.tar.gz" | tar -zx --strip-components=1
mv $TMPDIR $TARGET_DIR/$TARGET_NAME

example

$ skel-hub kriasoft/react-starter-kit my-react-project