lazyclone

Git clone but easier. Built as a replacement/improvement of my project, clode.

Clone a repository without the full URL:

$ lazyclone olillin/lazyclone
Cloning https://github.com/olillin/lazyclone

If GitHub CLI is installed lazyclone will detect your GitHub username:

$ lazyclone bonk
Cloning https://github.com/olillin/bonk

If there are multiple options you will be able to choose which repository to clone:

$ lazyclone lazy
[?] Select repository to clone: 
 > olillin/lazyclone
   LazyVim/LazyVim
   l123456789jy/Lazy
   jesseduffield/lazygit
   jesseduffield/lazydocker
   aFarkas/lazysizes

You can even tell lazyvim to immediately open your favorite editor after cloning:

$ lazyclone bonk --program nvim
Cloning https://github.com/olillin/bonk
Successfully cloned into 'bonk'
Launching nvim...

See Usage for more details.

Installation

Pip

To install using pip simply run the command below:

pip install lazyclone

Nix/NixOS

lazyclone can be installed using Nix Flakes, see the section below.

Nix Flakes

Add the required inputs to your flake configuration:

flake.nix

{
  description = "NixOS configuration with lazyclone";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-25.11";

    lazyclone = {
      url = "github:olillin/lazyclone";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = {
    self,
    nixpkgs,
    ...
  } @ inputs: {
    nixosConfigurations.yourconfiguration = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
      modules = [
        ./configuration.nix
      ];
    };
  };
}

Install the package in your configuration.nix or an imported module:

configuration.nix

{
  pkgs,
  inputs,
  ...
}: {
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    inputs.lazyclone.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default
  ];
}

Usage

Arguments

Help message

usage: lazyclone [-h] [-p PROGRAM] [--host HOST] [--ssh] [--debug]
                 repo [directory]

Clone Git repositories easier

positional arguments:
  repo                  url or name of repository to clone
  directory             the name of a new directory to clone into

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p, --program PROGRAM
                        open with this program after cloning
  --host HOST           URL for default git host (default: https://github.com)
  --ssh                 prefer ssh over https
  --debug               enable debugging output