git clone and git init alias that adds setting the git user name and email address after cloning or initializing the repo.

git_clone_and_init_alias.sh

function set_git_config_variable() {
    local defaultvalue="$(git config user.$1)"
    local exit_status

    echo "Please provide the repository config user $1 (default: $defaultvalue):"
    read customvalue

    if [ -z $customvalue ]; then
        git config user.$1 $defaultvalue
        exit_status=$?
    else
        git config user.$1 $customvalue
        exit_status=$?
    fi

    if [ $exit_status -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Error occured while setting the repository config user $1."
        return $exit_status
    fi

    return 0
}

git() {
    local tmp=$(mktemp -t git)
    local repo_name
    local exit_status
    local quiet_flag=$(echo "$@" | grep "\ -q\|\ --quiet")

    if [ "$1" = clone ] || [ "$1" = init ] && [ "$2" != --help ] && [ -z "$quiet_flag" ]; then
        command git "$@" 2>&1 | tee $tmp

        if [ -n "$(awk '/error:|fatal:|usage:/ {print $0}' $tmp)" ]; then
            rm $tmp
            return 1
        fi

        if [ "$1" = init ]; then
            repo_name=$(awk '/Initialized empty Git repository in/ {print $6}' $tmp)
            repo_name=$(echo ${repo_name/\/\.git\/})
        elif [ "$1" = clone ]; then
            repo_name=$(awk -F\' '/Cloning into/ {print $2}' $tmp)
        fi

        rm $tmp
        printf "Changing directory to '%s'\n" "$repo_name"
        cd "$repo_name"

        exit_status=$?
        if [ $exit_status -ne 0 ]; then
            echo "Error occured while changing current directory to the local repository directory."
            return $exit_status
        fi

        set_git_config_variable "name"
        exit_status=$?
        if [ $exit_status -ne 0 ]; then
            return $exit_status
        fi

        set_git_config_variable "email"
        exit_status=$?

        return $exit_status
    else
        command git "$@"
    fi
}