gitclone.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

ROOT_DIR=~/repos

function main() {
    export REMOTE=$1
    info "Checking the validity of remote $REMOTE"
    checkRepo $REMOTE

    repo=$(parseRepo)
    git clone $REMOTE $ROOT_DIR/$repo
}

function checkRepo() {
    git ls-remote "$REMOTE" &>-
    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
        error "[ERROR] Unable to read from '$REMOTE'"
    fi
}

function parseRepo() {
python - <<END
import os
from giturlparse import parse

p = parse( os.environ['REMOTE'] )
print "%s/%s/%s" % (p.host, p.owner, p.repo)
END
}

function info() {
    printf "\e[1m$1\e[0m\n"
}

function error() {
    >&2 printf "\e[31m\e[1m$1\e[0m\n"; exit 1;
}

main "$@"

TODO: fix to work with HTTPS