hub-clone

clones GitHub repositories using shorthand notation

TLDR

Clone with shorthand

$ hub clone [user/repo]

Clone to directory

$ hub clone [user/repo] [directory]

Clone with depth

$ hub clone --depth [1] [user/repo]

Clone own repository

$ hub clone [repo-name]

SYNOPSIS

hub clone [options] repository [directory]

hub clone clones GitHub repositories using shorthand notation. It expands user/repo format to full GitHub URLs automatically.
The command supports cloning your own repositories with just the repo name. It wraps git clone with GitHub-specific conveniences.

PARAMETERS

REPOSITORY

GitHub repository (user/repo or just repo).

DIRECTORY

Target directory.

--depth N

Shallow clone depth.

-b BRANCH

Checkout branch.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

Part of hub tool. Superseded by gh repo clone. Requires GitHub authentication.

HISTORY

hub clone is part of hub, GitHub's original CLI tool before the official gh CLI.