Installation:

Running on-demand

Using npx you can run the script without installing it first:

npx fifty-niner [json file] [(optional) destination]

Installing Globally

npm install --global fifty-niner

Now the fifty-niner command can be run anywhere!

JSON File Format

Example JSON file:

{
  "repositories": {
    "hello-world": {
      "url": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "branch": "master"
    },
    "fifty-niner": {
      "url": "robotics-88/fifty-niner"
    }
  },
  "defaults": {
    "branch": "main",
    "depth": 1
  }
}

The top level keys are repositories and defaults:

The repositories object is where you list each repository Fifty-Niner should pull from. It accepts the following properties:

• url in the format [github username/organizaton]/[repository name] that lets Fifty-Niner where to pull from.
• branch, if not pulling from the default branch
• depth for shallow copies. Set depth to 1 if you only want the most recent commit.

The defaults object is where you can specify default repository properties without having to include them in each repository object, such as if you want depth: 1 for every repo.