git-download-cli

Download and extract a git repository (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) from node.

Installation

$ npm install git-download-cli

API

download(repository, destination, options, callback)

Download a git repository to a destination folder with options, and callback.

repository

The short hand repository string to download the repository from:

• GitHub - github:owner/name or simply owner/name
• GitLab - gitlab:owner/name
• Bitbucket - bitbucket:owner/name

The repository parameter defaults to the master branch, but you can specify a branch or tag as a URL fragment like owner/name#my-branch. In addition to specifying the type of where to download, you can also specify a custom host like gitlab:custom.com:owner/name. Feel free to submit an issue or pull request for additional host options.

destination

The file path to download the repository to.

options

An optional options object parameter with download options. Options include:

• clone - boolean default false - If true use git clone instead of an http download. While this can be a bit slower, it does allow private repositories to be used if the appropriate SSH keys are setup.

callback

The callback function as function(err).

Examples

Using http download from Github repository at master.

download('flipxfx/download-git-repo-fixture', 'test/tmp', function(err) {
  if (err) return done(err);
  done();
});

Using git clone from Bitbucket repository at my-branch.

download('bitbucket:flipxfx/download-git-repo-fixture#my-branch', 'test/tmp', { clone: true }, function(err) {
  if (err) return done(err);
  done();
});

Thanks

To flipxfx/download-git-repo for the head start.

License

MIT