A script allowing you to speed up the work and clone all repos of your organisation in one go

git-clone-all-org-repos

#!/bin/bash

#===============================================================================
# GitHub Organization Repository Cloner
# @kristijorgji
#===============================================================================
# This script clones all repositories of a specified GitHub organization into a
# designated folder. If a repository already exists, it pulls the latest changes.
#===============================================================================
# USAGE:
#   ./clone_repos.sh <reposDir> <orgName>
#
# PARAMETERS:
#   reposDir  - Directory where repositories will be stored.
#   orgName   - GitHub organization name whose repositories will be cloned.
#
# REQUIREMENTS:
#   - GitHub CLI (gh) installed and authenticated
#   - jq installed for JSON parsing
#   - git installed
#
# INSTALLATION:
#   macOS:
#     brew install gh jq git
#
#   Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
#     sudo apt update && sudo apt install gh jq git -y
#
#   Linux (Arch):
#     sudo pacman -S github-cli jq git
#
#   Linux (Fedora):
#     sudo dnf install gh jq git
#
# AUTHENTICATION:
#   Run `gh auth login` to authenticate with your GitHub account before using this script.
#===============================================================================

# Ensure correct usage
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <reposDir> <orgName>"
  exit 1
fi

# Set parameters
reposDir="$1"
orgName="$2"

# Ensure the directory exists
mkdir -p "$reposDir"

# Fetch repository list from GitHub
gh repo list "$orgName" --limit 4000 | while read -r repo _; do
  repoWithoutOrgName=$(echo "$repo" | sed 's|.*/||')
  repoDir="$reposDir/$repoWithoutOrgName"

  if [ -d "$repoDir" ]; then
    echo "[update] - Pulling latest changes for $repoDir"
    git -C "$repoDir" pull --rebase  # Update existing repository
  else
    echo "[clone] - Cloning $repo into $repoDir"
    gh repo clone "$repo" "$repoDir"
  fi
done