Python script to clone git repos into a structured format

gitclono.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
This script will clone your repositories to a consistent directory hierarchy.
e.g the following will install the repo to ~/github.com/pnappa/xkcdfools
$ gitclono.py git@github.com:pnappa/xkcdfools.git

This is a nice way to organise your repositories, symlinking to them when necessary.

"""

import os
import sys
import subprocess

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print("incorrect number of arguments, usage:\n", sys.argv[0], "git@DOMAIN:user/repo.git")
    sys.exit(-1)
s = sys.argv[1]
print(s)

directory = s
directory = directory[directory.find("@")+1:]
directory = directory[:directory.find(".git")]
directory = directory.replace(":", "/")
directory = os.path.join("/home", os.environ["USER"], directory)

print("cloning to", directory)

subprocess.call(["git", "clone", s, directory])