I show a notification when the clone process starts and when it's finished. As far as I can tell, there's no way I can prompt for the user/pass during runtime either, automator is cool but not that feature filled, I can't respond to errors or anything else the git does or asks for.įor cloning large repos: There's no way to pop-up a progress bar so it may seem like it's not doing anything. Feel free to change if you like to live dangerously.įor auth, you must use properly setup and installed ssh keys, it won't work with username/password in the url.

I could have overridden git's process and forced it or nuked the contents of the folder but it's safer this way. You must run the workflows on a completely empty folder (this includes the usually-hidden dot files/folders, i.e.git).

You must have the git binary installed on your system and available in your path, if you can run: 'git' in terminal, it will work. I got spoiled in windows with the ability to clone a repo by right-clicking a folder and then entering the repo url in a popup box so I created that functionality in automator along with the ability to initiate a new repo on a folder.Įdit: As some have asked for them, here they are: Git Workflows.zipĪfter install you run these scripts by right-clicking a completely empty folder in finder and going down to the services menu, they should be there. I use it to provide right-click menu options for git.

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