https://github.com/op/dolly

🐑 Clone a git repository and retain directory structure
https://github.com/op/dolly

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🐑 Clone a git repository and retain directory structure

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/op/dolly
• Owner: op
• Created: 2016-09-27T01:21:06.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-09T21:10:08.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-17T00:39:55.865Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: git, hg, vcs
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# 🐑 Dolly the VCS clone tool

**Dolly** clones repositories with scientific precision. Handy if you want to keep your source tree pristine.

Before:

```bash

user@host:~/ $ mkdir -p ~/src/scm.com

user@host:~/ $ git clone https://scm.com/repo.git ~/src/scm.com/repo

Cloning into '/home/user/src/scm.com/repo'...

```

After:

```bash

user@host:~/ $ git dolly https://scm.com/repo.git

Cloning into '/home/user/src/scm.com/repo'...

```

## ✨ Features

* 📇 Keep your source tree tidy

* 📦 Clone with a single command

* 🍱 Supports Git and Mercurial (hg)

* 🌈 Compatible with Go and GOPATH

## ⚡ Requirements

* Git

* Python >= **3.6**

## 📦 Installation

Classic clone:

```bash

$ git clone https://github.com/op/dolly

$ install dolly/dolly /usr/local/bin

```

git:

```bash

# create symlink in PATH (or GIT_EXEC_PATH)

$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/{,git-}dolly

```

Mercurial (hg):

```bash

# add to ~/.hgrc or eg XDG_CONFIG_HOME, see hg help config

cat <> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hg/hgrc

[alias]

dolly = !/usr/local/bin/dolly $@

EOF

```

## ⚰️ Disclaimer

No sheep was harmed while making this tool. [Dolly], rest in peace!

[Dolly]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)