Set an email when cloning repos

gistfile1.txt

# Use this with a git alias like `cl = "!sh ~/clone_helper.sh"`
# A bash function to replace `git clone` could also be done
# like in https://stackoverflow.com/a/39357426/999505
set -e

if [ $# = 0 ]; then # forgot to pass anything, d'oh
    echo ERROR Must pass repo path to clone
    exit 1
fi

echo "Enter user.name to use with this repo (e.g. John Smith) [$(git config --get user.name)]:"
read name
echo "Enter user.email to use with this repo (e.g. john.smith@aol.com) [$(git config --get user.email)]:"
read email

# If a second arg was supplied, it's the target folder for the cloned repo
if [ $2 ]; then
    echo going to run:
    echo "   git clone $1 $2"
    git clone $1 $2
    cd $2 || (echo "Failed to enter cloned directory. Exiting early." && exit 1)
# Infer resulting folder from clone path: take last token from a split on '/', and also strip tailing '.git'.
elif [ $1 ]; then
    newdir=$(echo $1 | awk '{n=split($1,A,"/"); print A[n]}' | sed 's/.git$//')
    echo going to run:
    echo "   git clone $1"
    echo Inferred that this repo will end up in: $newdir
    git clone $1
    cd $newdir || (echo "Failed to enter cloned directory. Exiting early." && exit 1)
fi
if [ $name ]; then
    git config user.name $name
fi
if [ $email ]; then
    git config user.email $email
fi