clone all github repos and gists in one go

At times I find myself wanting to clone every repository I have on github. Additionally, today I wanted to check out all the forgotten gists I’ve made over the years.

I whipped up these two scripts:

clone_all_repos:

#!/bin/sh
# abstract: clone all github repos from GITHUB_USER

CNTX='users';
NAME=$GITHUB_USER
# a maximum of 100 repos per page
END_PAGE=3

for PAGE in {1..$END_PAGE}; do
  curl -s "https://api.github.com/$CNTX/$NAME/repos?page=$PAGE&per_page=100" |
    grep -e 'git_url*' |
    cut -d \" -f 4     |
    xargs -L1 git clone
done

clone_all_gists:

#!/bin/sh
# abstract: clone all gists from GITHUB_USER

NAME=$GITHUB_USER

for gist in $( \
  curl -s https://api.github.com/users/$NAME/gists \
    | grep git_pull_url \
    | grep -Po 'https:.+[.]git'
); do
  git clone $gist
done

Remember to set your GITHUB_USER environment variable, and adjust the END_PAGE variable in the clone_all_repos script if necessary.

They are both available here.