Function clone_repo

dev-scripts/src/sync/pkgsrc.rs:230–258

Clone a git repository into a target directory.

(mut repo: String, target_dir: &Path)

/// Clone a git repository into a target directory.
fn clone_repo(mut repo: String, target_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
    // Check if this is one of the few packages that needs to be replaced.
    for (to_replace, replace_with) in PACKAGE_REPO_RENAMES {
        if repo == to_replace {
            repo = replace_with.to_string();
        }
    }

    // Arch linux replaces the literal `+` chars with spelled out `plus` equivalents in their
    // repository urls. This is to prevent any issues with external tooling and such.
    repo = repo.replace("+", "plus");

    let ssh_url = format!("{SSH_HOST}:{REPO_BASE_URL}/{repo}.git");

    let output = &Command::new("git")
        .arg("clone")
        .arg(&ssh_url)
        .arg(target_dir)
        .output()
        .map_err(|source| Error::Io {
            context: format!("cloning the package source repository \"{repo}\""),
            source,
        })?;

    ensure_success(
        output,
        format!("Cloning the package source repository \"{repo}\""),
    )
}