git-reclone 🚀

replace your local copy of a git repo with a fresh clone from your remote.

tested and works well for:

- github
- bitbucket
- gitea
- gogs

[sudo] gem install git-reclone

This will enable the git reclone command automatically!

git reclone

reclones from the first git remote. to clone a specific remote, specify some part (or all) of the host name. for example:

git reclone bit
git reclone bucket
git reclone bitbucket

will all replace the current repository with a fresh clone from bitbucket's remote (assuming that some other host/repo name doesn't also match 'bitbucket').

The tool safely clones to a temporary directory first, so if the clone fails, your local copy remains intact. Your current branch is automatically restored after recloning (if it exists on the remote).

sometimes i mess up git histories, with (merges or rebasing, etc), and it becomes more of a headache to figure out how to undo what i did than to just get a fresh clone from the remote and apply the changes i want in the right way. i was doing this often enough that i figured it would be nice to have a tool that just did this automatically. the tool clones to a temporary directory first, so if something goes wrong, your local copy is safe. besides, it can be satisfying to just start fresh from the remote - after all, what are backups meant for?

bundle || gem install bundler && bundle
rake # running git-reclone's tests