GIT - clone all repos at once

Overview

This is a HowTo for batch cloning all Repos of an User / Organization at once.

Prerequisite

• having an <API-TOKEN> on Github for private Repos (if not create one)

HowTo

Organization repositories

Public Repos:

GHORG=<ORGANIZATION>; curl "https://api.github.com/orgs/$GHORG/repos?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | xargs -L1 -P10 git clone

Private Repos

GHORG=<ORGANIZATION>; curl -H 'Authorization: token <API-TOKEN>' "https://api.github.com/orgs/$GHORG/repos?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | xargs -L1 -P10 git clone

User repositories

Public Repos:

GHUSER=<USERNAME>; curl "https://api.github.com/users/$GHUSER/repos?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | xargs -L1 -P10 git clone

Private Repos

GHUSER=<USERNAME>; curl -H 'Authorization: token <API-TOKEN>' "https://api.github.com/users/$GHUSER/repos?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | xargs -L1 -P10 git clone

INFO

the -P10 parameter at the xargs command speeds up the parallel processes. You can adjust it to your needs

Links

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19576742/how-to-clone-all-repos-at-once-from-github
• https://medium.com/@kevinsimper/how-to-clone-all-repositories-in-a-github-organization-8ccc6c4bd9df