Clone a github repository with just the username and repository name: github-clone shitchell qrng

github-clone

#!/bin/bash

usage() {
	echo "usage: $(basename $0) github-user github-repository"
	echo "       $(basename $0) github-user/github-repository"
}

if [[ "$#" -ne 1 && "$#" -ne 2 ]]; then # require exactly 1 or 2 arguments
	usage && exit
elif [[ "$#" -eq 1 && "$1" != *"/"* ]]; then # if one argument provided, require a slash
	usage && exit
elif [[ -n "$2" ]]; then # set the url based on 2 arguments
	URL=git@github.com:$1/$2.git
else # set the url based on one argument
	URL=git@github.com:$1.git
fi

echo $URL
git clone $URL