gitget

📦 Clone GitHub repos fast and easy.

Usage

Console

# GitHub Repository

# clone to /repo
# (downloads the default branch of user/repo from GitHub)
$ npx gitget user/repo

# clone to /folder
$ npx gitget user/repo folder

# clone subfolder to /folder
$ npx gitget user/repo/subfolder folder

# specify a tag, branch or commit
$ npx gitget user/repo#dev       # branch
$ npx gitget user/repo#v1.2.3    # release tag
$ npx gitget user/repo#1234abcd  # commit hash

# or simply copy and past the url from your browser
# (downloads the subdir "core/conventional-commits/lib" from lerna/lerna#next)
$ npx gitget https://github.com/lerna/lerna/tree/next/core/conventional-commits/lib

# use the flag -i to only download information about the repo
$ npx gitget user/repo -i

# NPM Package

# download npm package
$ npx gitget npm:packageName

# download npm package to /folder
$ npx gitget npm:packageName folder

# use the flag -i to only download information about the package
$ npx gitget npm:packageName -i

Node.js

interface GitGetOption {
  user?: string
  repo?: string
  folder?: string
  subdir?: string
  /** specify a tag, branch or commit */
  branch?: string
  test?: boolean
  /** silences steps (errors are still displayed) */
  silent?: boolean
  /** npm package name */
  npm?: string
  /** download only information instead */
  info?: boolean
}

// index.cjs
const { gitget } = require('gitget')

gitget({ GitGetOptions })

// index.mjs
import { gitget } from 'gitget/lib/gitget.js'

gitget({ GitGetOptions })

// index.ts
import { gitget } from 'gitget'

gitget({ GitGetOptions })

Try it now!

Download Day.js for example.

# download the repository
$ npx gitget iamkun/dayjs

# download information about the repository
$ npx gitget iamkun/dayjs -i

Use npx gitget@latest ... if something is not working.

License

MIT