Using alias to simplify clone

Question

I want to create an alias that looks something like this:

alias getres="git clone https://github.com/user/"

The goal is that i can type "getres repository name" and get the the repository.

However as it stands now,

typing "getres repository name"

Gives me an error saying the repostiory can't be found.

Answer 1

This happens because getres repository name gets translated to:

git clone https://github.com/user/ repository name

which means you have a space character between https://github.com/user/ and repository name which completely mess with your URL.

The solution for your problem is to create a bash script which accepts 1 parameter (the repository name) then use that script in your alias.

see Make a Bash alias that takes a parameter?