clone-git.sh

#!/bin/bash

function usage()
{
	echo "Usage: $0 remote directory" >&2
	exit 1
}

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
	usage
fi

REMOTE=$1
REPO=$2/`basename $2`.git

GIT="git -C $REPO"

if [ -d $REPO ]; then
	rmdir $REPO || echo "Aborting: $REPO already exists" >&2
	exit 1
fi

mkdir -p $REPO || exit 1
$GIT init --bare || exit 1
$GIT remote add origin $REMOTE || exit 1
TAGLIST=$($GIT ls-remote --quiet --tags | awk '$2 !~ /\^/ {tag = $2; sub(/^refs\/tags\//, "", tag); print $2,tag}') || exit 1
TAG=$(whiptail --notags --menu "Select latest release" 0 0 0 $TAGLIST 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3) || exit 1
$GIT fetch --depth=1 origin $TAG:$TAG || exit 1