GitFolder

Checks out from gitlab based on the git http url, and makes the same folder structure on your local machine.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# Check that exactly one argument (the Git repo URL) is provided
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <git-repo-url>"
  exit 1
fi

url="$1"

# Strip the protocol (e.g., https:// or ssh://) from the URL
url_no_protocol="${url#*://}"

# Remove the GitLab domain from the URL path, leaving only the repo path
# For example, gitlab.com/roxorgaming/personal/... -> roxorgaming/personal/...
git_project="${url_no_protocol#gitlab.com/}"

# Define the base directory where repos will be stored (your home directory)
base_path="$HOME"

# Full local path for the repo, combining base path and repo path
full_path="$base_path/$git_project"

# Parent directory of the repo folder (used for creating directories)
parent_dir="${full_path%/*}"

if [ ! -d "$full_path" ]; then
  mkdir -p "$parent_dir"
  cd "$parent_dir"

  # Clone the repository using SSH URL format
  git clone "[email protected]:${git_project}.git"
else
  # If repo folder exists, change to it and pull the latest changes quietly
  cd "$full_path"
  git pull > /dev/null
fi

# Update the folder's modification time to now (helps Finder sort by recent)
touch "$full_path"

echo "$full_path"