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Automate Git Clone and Initial Setup

Streamline your development workflow by automating the cloning of a Git repository and performing initial setup tasks like dependency installation.

#!/bin/bash

REPO_URL=$1
TARGET_DIR=$2

if [ -z "$REPO_URL" ] || [ -z "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <repository_url> <target_directory>"
  exit 1
fi

if [ -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
  echo "Error: Directory '$TARGET_DIR' already exists. Aborting."
  exit 1
fi

echo "Cloning $REPO_URL into $TARGET_DIR..."
git clone "$REPO_URL" "$TARGET_DIR"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Repository cloned successfully."
  cd "$TARGET_DIR" || exit

  echo "Performing initial setup (e.g., installing dependencies)..."
  # Example: Install Node.js dependencies if package.json exists
  if [ -f "package.json" ]; then
    echo "npm install..."
    npm install
  fi

  # Example: Install Python dependencies if requirements.txt exists
  if [ -f "requirements.txt" ]; then
    echo "pip install..."
    pip install -r requirements.txt
  fi

  echo "Setup complete for $TARGET_DIR."
else
  echo "Error: Failed to clone repository."
  exit 1
fi

How it works: This script automates the process of cloning a Git repository and performing common initial setup tasks. It takes the repository URL and a target directory as arguments. After successfully cloning, it navigates into the new directory and conditionally runs dependency installation commands (e.g., `npm install` for Node.js projects, `pip install` for Python projects) based on the presence of specific configuration files. This helps in quickly setting up new development environments.

Automate Git Clone and Initial Setup

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