Clone With Hash

Overview

Create a fresh git clone in a unique -<hash> folder under a chosen parent directory (default: home), then check out a new branch from origin/main (or another base branch if specified).

Workflow

1. Identify the source repo (local path or remote URL).
2. Choose the parent directory (default: ~) and suffix length (default: 6).
3. Derive the base name from the repo path or URL (strip trailing .git).
4. Generate a random hex suffix, build the destination path, and ensure it does not exist.
5. Run git clone <src> <dest>, then git checkout -b <branch> origin/<base>.
6. Report the destination path and created branch.

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