attack of the clones

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+title = 'Attack of the Clones'
+date = 2024-06-20T07:45:11-07:00
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+Imagine that nobody has to type `git clone` ever again! Can you even begin to comprehend what a
+gigantic improvement in the quality of life of every developer it would be? This pipe dream has just
+become a reality! Enter Cyclone🌀- a little Rust program I built to make the world 🌍 a better place.
+
+**WARNING: This is a Kubernetes-free Post**
+
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+![](attack-of-the-clones.jpg)
+
+I know, it sounds too good to be true, but trust me, it is possible. According to ChatGPT millions
+of repositories are cloned every day on GitHub, and typing "git clone " takes 2-3 seconds on
+average.
+
+This means if somehow typing "git clone " could be avoided then we as an industry
+could save millions of seconds every single day!
+
+This is where Cyclone🌀 comes in. Cyclone🌀 watches your clipboard. Whenever it sees that the
+clipboard contains a string with the prefix "git@" (which is common to all GitHub and Gitlab SSH
+URIs) it prepends "git clone " to it and writes it back to the clipboard.
+
+When you paste your clipboard contents to the console, the "git clone " will already be there, and
+you never need to type it!
+
+Namaste 🙏
+
+# Usage
+
+Cyclone🌀 is available here:
+
+You can just build and run Cyclone yourself on any operating system:
+
+```
+$ cargo b -r
+$ ./target/release/cyclone
+```
+
+## The macOS White-Glove Service
+
+If you want the white-glove service on macOS you should run Cyclone🌀 automatically whenever you
+start your computer, so it's always there ready to shave those seconds from your git clones...
+
+First, install Cyclone🌀 (it will go to ~/.cargo/bin)
+
+```
+$ cargo install --path .
+  Installing cyclone v0.1.0 (/Users/gigi.sayfan/git/cyclone)
+    Updating crates.io index
+    Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 1.53s
+  Installing /Users/gigi.sayfan/.cargo/bin/cyclone
+   Installed package `cyclone v0.1.0 (/Users/gigi.sayfan/git/cyclone)` (executable `cyclone`)
+```
+
+Then, use Launchd to launch it automatically on reboot by running the following commands:
+
+```
+$ cat local.cyclone.plist | sed s/{whoami}/$(whoami)/g > $TMPDIR/local.cyclone.plist
+$ sudo cp $TMPDIR/cyclone.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
+```
+
+From now on, Cyclone🌀 will monitor your clipboard even if you reboot.
+
+For the first time (if you don't want to reboot) you can launch it directly:
+
+```
+$ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.cyclone.plist
+```
+
+To uninstall Cyclone🌀 run the following command:
+
+```
+$ launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.cyclone.plist
+$ rm ~/Library/LaunchAgenets/local.cyclone.plist
+```
+
+Enjoy! 🥳