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GHQ(1) GHQ(1) NAME ghq - Manage remote repository clones DESCRIPTION 'ghq' provides a way to organize remote repository clones, like go get does. When you clone a remote repository by ghq get, ghq makes a directory under a specific root directory (by default ~/ghq) using the remote repository URL's host and path. $ ghq get https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq # Runs `git clone https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq ~/ghq/github.com/x-motemen/ghq` You can also list local repositories (ghq list). SYNOPSIS ghq get [-u] [-p] [--shallow] [--vcs <vcs>] [--look] [--silent] [--branch] [--no-recursive] [--bare] [--partial blobless|treeless] <repository URL>|<host>/<user>/<project>|<user>/<project>|<project> ghq list [-p] [-e] [<query>] ghq create [--vcs <vcs>] <repository URL>|<host>/<user>/<project>|<user>/<project>|<project> ghq rm [--dry-run] <repository URL>|<host>/<user>/<project>|<user>/<project>|<project> ghq migrate [-y] [--dry-run] <local repository path> ghq root [--all] COMMANDS get Clone a remote repository under ghq root directory (see DIRECTORY STRUCTURES below). ghq clone is an alias for this command. If the repository is already cloned to local, nothing will happen unless '-u' ('--update') flag is supplied, in which case the local repository is updated ('git pull --ff-only' eg.). When you use '-p' option, the repository is cloned via SSH protocol. If there are multiple ghq.root s, existing local clones are searched first. Then a new repository clone is created under the primary root if none is found. With '--shallow' option, a "shallow clone" will be performed (for Git repositories only, 'git clone --depth 1 ...' eg.). Be careful that a shallow-cloned repository cannot be pushed to remote. Currently Git and Mercurial repositories are supported. With '--branch' option, you can clone the repository with specified branch. This option is currently supported for Git, Mercurial, Subversion and git-svn. The 'ghq' gets the git repository recursively by default. We can prevent it with '--no-recursive' option. With '--bare' option, a "bare clone" will be performed (for Git repositories only, 'git clone --bare ...' eg.). With '--partial' option, a "partial clone" will be performed (for Git repositories only, in 'blobless' mode, 'git clone --filter=blob:none ...', in 'treeless' mode, 'git clone --filter=tree:0 ...' eg.). list List locally cloned repositories. If a query argument is given, only repositories whose names contain that query text are listed. '-e' ('--exact') forces the match to be an exact one (i.e. the query equals to project, user/project or host/user/project) If '-p' ('--full-path') is given, the full paths to the repository root are printed instead of relative ones. root Prints repositories' root (i.e. ghq.root). Without '--all' option, the primary one is shown. rm Remove local repository. If '--dry-run' option is given, the repository is not actually removed but the path to it is printed. create Creates new repository. migrate Migrate an existing repository directory to the ghq-managed directory structure. The command detects the VCS backend, retrieves the remote URL, and moves the repository to the appropriate location under ghq root. CONFIGURATION Configuration uses 'git-config' variables. ghq.root The path to directory under which cloned repositories are placed. See DIRECTORY STRUCTURES below. Defaults to ~/ghq. This variable can have multiple values. If so, the last one becomes primary one i.e. new repository clones are always created under it. You may want to specify "$GOPATH/src" as a secondary root (environment variables should be expanded.) ghq.user In ghq, when specifying only the repository name without slashes as in ghq get {{Project}}, ghq attempts to auto-complete the repository owner. By default, the owner used is the value of the environment variable USER (or USERNAME on Windows). Setting this option allows you to explicitly specify the owner. ghq.completeUser Rather than always using your own username for owner completion, you may want to complete the owner with the same name as the repository. For example, fetch ruby as github.com/ruby/ruby, vim as github.com/vim/vim, and peco as github.com/peco/peco. If you prefer this behavior, set this option to false to switch the owner completion method. ghq.<url>.vcs ghq tries to detect the remote repository's VCS backend for non-"github.com" repositories. With this option you can explicitly specify the VCS for the remote repository. The URL is matched against '<url>' using 'git config --get-urlmatch'. Accepted values are "git", "github" (an alias for "git"), "subversion", "svn" (an alias for "subversion"), "git-svn", "mercurial", "hg" (an alias for "mercurial"), "darcs", "fossil", "bazaar", and "bzr" (an alias for "bazaar"). To get this configuration variable effective, you will need Git 1.8.5 or higher. ghq.<url>.root The "ghq" tries to detect the remote repository-specific root directory. With this option, you can specify a repository-specific root directory instead of the common ghq root directory. The URL is matched against '<url>' using 'git config --get-urlmatch'. Example configuration (.gitconfig): [ghq "https://git.example.com/repos/"] vcs = git root = ~/myproj ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES GHQ_ROOT If set to a path, this value is used as the only root directory regardless of other existing ghq.root settings. DIRECTORY STRUCTURES Local repositories are placed under 'ghq.root' with named github.com/user/repo. ~/ghq |-- code.google.com/ | `-- p/ | `-- vim/ `-- github.com/ |-- google/ | `-- go-github/ |-- motemen/ | `-- ghq/ `-- urfave/ `-- cli/ INSTALLATION macOS brew install ghq Void Linux xbps-install -S ghq GNU Guix guix install ghq Windows + scoop scoop install ghq go get go install github.com/x-motemen/ghq@latest conda conda install -c conda-forge go-ghq asdf plugin add ghq asdf install ghq latest mise install ghq mise use ghq build git clone https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq . make install Built binaries are available from GitHub Releases. https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq/releases HANDBOOK You can buy "ghq-handbook" from Leanpub for more detailed usage. https://leanpub.com/ghq-handbook The source Markdown files of this book are also available for free from the following repository. https://github.com/Songmu/ghq-handbook Currently, only Japanese version available. Your translations are welcome! AUTHOR • motemen motemen@gmail.com • https://github.com/sponsors/motemen • Songmu y.songmu@gmail.com • https://github.com/sponsors/Songmu 2026-06-13 GHQ(1)
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