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type: blog-post
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title: Fuzzy clone (fz)
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description: Fuzzy clone is a small cli tool that helps you quickly jump between git repos you contribute to
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draft: false
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date: 2024-03-09
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updates:
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- time: 2024-03-09
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description: first iteration
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tags:
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- "#blog"
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---
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Fuzzy clone is a tool that I've used in a variety of incarnations, I've finally
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sat down and actually wrote a separate utility for it.
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[fuzzy-clone](https://github.com/kjuulh/fuzzy-clone)
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It exists to solve one problem, and one problem only. Quickly clone, and jump to
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git repositories you collaborate to.
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This gif should better display why this is so useful
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Do note that `,` is my alias for it `fz` is the actual command. The fully
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qualified name is `fuzzy-clone`.
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To get started simply:
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```
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brew install kjuulh/brew/fuzzy-clone
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echo 'eval "$(fuzzy-clone init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
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fz
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```
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or follow the other options in the github repo.
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## Why I can't live without it anymore
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This might be a bit `ananas i egen juice` (self gratification), but the
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alternative is horrid. I don't always remember the name of the repo I want to
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clone even if I've written it myself at some point.
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1. Go to https://github.com
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2. Click repositories, because the homepage search, doesn't always show all the
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repos I contribute to, or is a member of
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3. Search `fuzzy-clone` as an example.
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4. Open a terminal
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5. `cd ~/git/github.com/kjuulh`
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6. `gh repo clone kjuulh/fuzzy-clone`
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7. `cd fuzzy-clone`
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Granted I've got a more complicated directory structure than most. But still
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there are like 7 steps. It may be small, but it takes around 30 seconds to a
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minute instead of 2 seconds using the utility. That is super valuable to me, and
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helps me everyday when I troubleshoot stuff in some of the repositories I don't
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technically own in my organisation
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A bonus is that if the directory exists, I can just jump between them. Sort of
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like the `zoxide zi` tool but a bit more structured
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