<# .SYNOPSIS Clones Git repos .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script clones popular Git repositories into a common target directory. .PARAMETER targetDir Specifies the file path to the target directory (current working directory by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./clone-repos C:\MyRepos ... ✔️ Cloned 29 additional Git repos into 📂MyRepos in 123s. .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$targetDir = "$PWD") try { $stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() Write-Host "⏳ (1) Searching for Git executable... " -noNewline & git --version if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'git' - make sure Git is installed and available" } Write-Host "⏳ (2) Reading data/popular-repos.csv... " -noNewline $table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../data/popular-repos.csv" $total = $table.count Write-Host "$total repos" $targetDirName = (Get-Item "$targetDir").Name Write-Host "⏳ (3) Checking target folder... 📂$targetDirName" if (-not(Test-Path "$targetDir" -pathType container)) { throw "Can't access directory: $targetDir" } [int]$step = 3 [int]$cloned = 0 [int]$skipped = 0 foreach($row in $table) { [string]$folderName = $row.FOLDERNAME [string]$category = $row.CATEGORY [string]$URL = $row.URL [string]$branch = $row.BRANCH [string]$shallow = $row.SHALLOW $step++ if (Test-Path "$targetDir/$folderName" -pathType container) { "⏳ ($step/$($total + 3)) Skipping 📂$folderName - the $category exists already..." $skipped++ } elseif ($shallow -eq "yes") { "⏳ ($step/$($total + 3)) Cloning into 📂$folderName (a $category, $branch branch, shallow)..." & git clone --branch "$branch" --single-branch --recurse-submodules "$URL" "$targetDir/$folderName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git clone --branch $branch $URL' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } $cloned++ } else { "⏳ ($step/$($total + 3)) Cloning into 📂$folderName (a $category, $branch branch, full history)..." & git clone --branch "$branch" --recurse-submodules "$URL" "$targetDir/$folderName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git clone --branch $branch $URL' failed with exit code $lastExitCode" } $clone++ } } [int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ Cloned $cloned additional Git repos into 📂$targetDirName in $($elapsed)s." exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }