https://github.com/doodlescheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository

Github gh cli extension for cloning a repository
https://github.com/doodlescheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository

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Github gh cli extension for cloning a repository

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/doodlescheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository
• Owner: DoodleScheduling
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2023-04-06T12:54:35.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2026-02-27T00:59:21.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-02-27T07:56:38.342Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: gh-extension, github
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 120 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 12
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Codeowners: CODEOWNERS

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## Bootstrap github repository

[![release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository/all.svg)](https://github.com/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository/releases)

[![release](https://github.com/doodlescheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository/actions/workflows/release.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/doodlescheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository/actions/workflows/release.yaml)

[![report](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository)

[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository?branch=master)

[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository.svg)](https://github.com/DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository/blob/master/LICENSE)

Github does not provide an easy way to create a repository with predefined settings from another repository.

A template repository for instance is only useful to copy the contents. No repository settings are copied.

This gh cli extension creates a new repository based on another one (A normal or template one).

It copies the following:

* The content with a single commit

* Basic repository settings

* Branch protections

* Organization teams (collaborators)

* Topics

### Install

```

gh extension install DoodleScheduling/gh-bootstrap-repository

```

### Usage

The following command will attempt to create a repository called `myorg/my-repository`

with all the settings and content taken from `myorg/from-repository`.

```

gh bootstrap-repository myorg/my-repository myorg/from-repository

```

Command line help:

```

expects [repository-name] [origin-repository] as arguments

Usage:

  gh-bootstrap-repository [repository-name] [origin-repository] [flags]

Flags:

  -h, --help   help for gh-bootstrap-repository

```

### Required Permissions

It is required to be in the list of repository admins in the origin repository.

The repository creation will fail otherwise.