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+date = 2021-03-19
+title = "How to Clone All Repositories from a GitHub or Sourcehut Account"
+description = "Learn how to properly clone all repositories from a GitHub or sourcehut account."
+draft = false
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+
+## Cloning from GitHub
+
+If you're like me and use a lot of different devices (and sometimes decide to
+just wipe your device and start with a new OS), you probably know the pain of
+cloning all your old code repositories down to your local file system.
+
+If you're using GitHub, you can easily clone all of your code back down in just
+seconds.
+First, create a bash script.
+I do so by opening a new file in `nano`, but you can use `gedit`, `vim`, or 
+something else:
+
+```sh
+nano clone_github_repos.sh
+```
+
+Next, paste in the following information. Note that you can replace the word
+`users` in the first line with `orgs` and type an organization's name instead of
+a user's name.
+
+```sh
+CNTX=users; NAME=YOUR-USERNAME; PAGE=1
+curl "https://api.github.com/$CNTX/$NAME/repos?page=$PAGE&per_page=100" |
+  grep -e 'git_url*' |
+  cut -d \" -f 4 |
+  xargs -L1 git clone
+```
+
+Finally, save the bash script and make it executable.
+
+```sh
+chmod a+x clone_github_repos.sh
+```
+
+Now you can run the script and should see the cloning process begin.
+
+```sh
+./clone_github_repos.sh
+```
+
+## Cloning from Sourcehut
+
+I haven't fully figured out how to directly incorporate Sourcehut's GraphQL API
+into a bash script yet, so this one will take two steps.
+
+First, log-in to Sourcehut and go to their
+[GraphQL playground for Git](https://git.sr.ht/graphql). Next, paste the
+following query into the left box:
+
+```sh
+query {
+  me {
+    canonicalName
+    repositories() {
+      cursor
+      results {
+        name
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The output on the right side will give you an object of all your repositories.
+Just grab that text and remove all the characters such as quotation marks and
+curly brackets. You will need a single-line list of space-separated values for
+the next step.
+
+Now let's create the bash script:
+
+```sh
+nano clone_sourcehut_repos.sh
+```
+
+Next, paste the following bash script in with the list of repositories you
+obtained above and replace `your-username` with your username.
+
+Note that this uses the SSH-based Git cloning method (e.g. `git@git...`), so
+you'll need to ensure you have set up Sourcehut with your SSH key.
+
+```sh
+repos=(repo1 repo2 repo3)
+
+# List all sub-directories in the current directory
+for repo in "${repos[@]}"
+do
+    # Clone
+    git clone git@git.sr.ht:~your-username/$repo
+done
+```
+
+Finally, save the bash script and make it executable.
+
+```sh
+chmod a+x clone_sourcehut_repos.sh
+```
+
+Now you can run the script and should see the cloning process begin.
+
+```sh
+./clone_sourcehut_repos.sh
+```
+
+## Moving Repositories to a New Host
+
+Now that you have all of your code repositories cloned to your local computer,
+you may want to change the remote host (e.g., moving from GitHub to GitLab).
+To do this, let's create another bash script:
+
+```sh
+nano change_remote_urls.sh
+```
+
+Past the following information and be sure to change the URL information to
+whichever host you are moving to. For this example, I am looping through all of
+my cloned GitHub directories and changing them to Sourcehut (e.g.
+`<YOUR_NEW_REMOTE_URL>` -\> `git@git.sr.ht:~myusername`).
+
+```sh
+# List all sub-directories in the current directory
+for dir in */
+do
+    # Remove the trailing "/"
+    dir=${dir%*/}
+    # Enter sub-directory
+    cd $dir
+    # Change remote Git URL
+    git remote set-url origin <YOUR_NEW_REMOTE_URL>/"${dir##*/}"
+    # Push code to new remote
+    git push
+    # Go back to main directory
+    cd ..
+done
+```
+
+Finally, save the bash script and make it executable.
+
+```sh
+chmod a+x change_remote_urls.sh
+```
+
+Now you can run the script and should see the cloning process begin.
+
+```sh
+./change_remote_urls.sh
+```