A quick script to clone all your public repos on GitHub

github_clone_all_public.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'yaml'

username = `git config github.user`.strip

if username.empty?
  $stderr.puts "Please set github.user in your git config: https://github.com/account"
  exit 1
end

uri = URI.parse("http://github.com/api/v2/yaml/repos/show/#{username}")
repos = YAML::load(Net::HTTP.get(uri))

errors = []

repos['repositories'].each do |repo|
  puts "Cloning #{repo[:owner]}/#{repo[:name]}..."
  unless system "git clone #{repo[:url]}.git"
    errors << repo[:name]
  end
end

puts
if errors.empty?
  puts "Done."
else
  $stderr.puts "The following repos failed to clone: #{errors.join ', '}"
  exit 1
end