Rich-Harris/degit
Degit
degit is a Git project scaffolder and repository downloader that initializes new projects from remote Git templates. It fetches the latest commit of a repository as a clean snapshot, stripping all version control history and metadata to provide a fresh starting point.
The tool supports fetching specific branches, tags, or commit hashes to ensure the project uses a precise source version. It can also perform subdirectory extraction, allowing the download of a specific folder from a remote source rather than the entire project tree.
The utility includes a local snapshot cache to accelerate future retrievals and supports secure authentication via HTTPS or SSH to access private repositories. It further provides mechanisms for post-extraction hook execution to run cleanup scripts after the project is unpacked.
Features
- Project Scaffolders - Creates a new project directory by downloading a remote repository snapshot as a clean starter.
- Latest Commit Resolution - Queries remote providers to resolve the latest commit hash before fetching the source archive.
- Project Bootstrapping Templates - Initializes new projects using remote Git repositories as blueprints while removing metadata.
- Template-Based Project Scaffolders - Generates new projects from remote repository templates while stripping all version control history.
- Remote Source Extraction - Downloads specific branches or subdirectories from a remote repository to use as a local starting point.
- Repository Archive Downloaders - Fetches specific branches, tags, or commit hashes from Git hosts as compressed archives.
- Source Version Fetching - Allows downloading a precise tag, branch, or commit hash to ensure the project uses a specific version.
- Tarball Snapshots - Downloads compressed archives of specific commits to provide a clean snapshot without git history.
- Project Initializers - Rapidly bootstraps new project structures by using cached remote repository archives.
- Boilerplate Distributions - Distributes starter code and project structures via Git repositories while keeping the local copy clean.
- Archive Caches - Stores downloaded repository snapshots in a local directory to avoid redundant network requests.
- Repository Snapshot Caches - Provides a local storage system for repository archives to speed up project template retrieval.
- Repository Cache Managers - Stores downloaded repository archives locally to accelerate future project retrievals and support offline access.
- Private Repository Authentication - Provides secure credential handling to download archives from private repositories via HTTPS or SSH.
- Subdirectory Extraction - Enables the download of a specific folder from a remote source to avoid pulling the entire project tree.
- Private Repository Access - Implements secure fetching of source files from private repositories using HTTPS or SSH authentication.
- Git Utilities - Git repository cloning for scaffolding.
