How do I git clone and CD into the folder I just made in one line?

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On my course, very often we git clone and then cd into the folder we just made. We've got hundreds of repositories and so it would have saved/ continue to save a lot of time. Especially when the things we are cloning have similar names.

I have tried googling the problem and tried appending some things onto the git clone 'repo here' line.

For example i'm in a folder called week 4, what I currently do is copy a repo lets say 'advanced-JS', then gcl advanced-JS, then cd advanced-JS. But what id like to do it type gcl advanced-JS (x), for it to clone it onto my computer and cd into the folder it just made. x being the unknown here.

Thank you.

Write a shell script in your shell of choice – Daniel Mann Jun 02 '19 at 12:09 — Daniel Mann, Jun 02 '19 at 12:09
did you try `git clone repo-url && cd repo-folder`? – Shayki Abramczyk Jun 02 '19 at 13:08 — Shayki Abramczyk, Jun 02 '19 at 13:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '19 at 14:06

As has been described here (and similar places):

you can create a shell function:

gclonecd() {
   git clone "$1" && cd "$(basename "$1" .git)"
}

How do I git clone and CD into the folder I just made in one line?

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