Zigit is a superfast GitHub repository downloader written in C, using aria2c

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Requirements

Make sure you have the following installed:

• aria2
• unzip
• gcc (or other equivalent compilers)

To install them on a Debian/Ubuntu system:

sudo apt install aria2 unzip gcc

To install them on an Arch system (i use arch btw ¯(ツ)/¯ ) :

sudo pacman -Syy aria2 unzip gcc

Installing zigit

make
make install

Usage

Clone a GitHub repository by running:

zigit clone https://github.com/user/repo

or

Flags

• Use the -b or --branch flag followed by the name of the branch to specify a branch.

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Future Improvements

• Add an option to specify custom branch
• Add true clone support in git sense
• Add progress bar for extraction
• Support for private repositories (via token)