Sometimes you just need the code. hub clone gives you exactly that — clone every repository in your config without starting services, installing tools, or running dependency installation.

hub clone

hub clone             # Clone all repos (auto-detects SSH vs HTTPS)
hub clone --ssh       # Force SSH clone
hub clone --https     # Force HTTPS clone via gh CLI

The command reads your hub.yaml or hub.config.ts, iterates over all declared repositories, and clones them to their configured paths. Repos that already exist locally are skipped.

Authentication is handled automatically:

• If SSH access to GitHub is available, it uses git clone with the SSH URL
• If SSH fails but gh CLI is authenticated, it falls back to gh repo clone
• Use --ssh or --https to force a specific method

This is useful when:

• You want to browse the code without a full dev environment
• You’re setting up a CI pipeline that only needs the source
• You want to clone first and run hub setup later with specific flags

Upgrade

npx @arvoretech/hub@0.12.0 generate