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    #!/bin/bash

    # Takes one parameter: a remote git repository URL.
    #
    # This is the stuff this script does:
    #
    # 1. Clones the repository
    # 2. Fetches all remote branches
    # 3. Compresses the folder
    # 4. Deletes the cloned folder.
    #
    # Your remote repository is left untouched by this script.


    if [ "$1" = "" ]
    then
    echo "Usage: $0 <git repositiry clone URL>" 1>&2
    exit 1
    fi

    # Variable definitions
    GITURL=$1
    GITNAME=${GITURL##*/}
    FOLDERNAME=${GITNAME%.git}
    TARNAME="$FOLDERNAME.gitarchive.$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz"

    # Clone the repos and go into the folder
    git clone --recursive $GITURL $FOLDERNAME
    cd $FOLDERNAME

    # Pull all branches
    git branch -r | grep -v HEAD | grep -v master | while read branch; do
    git branch --track ${branch##*/} $branch
    done

    #Pull all remote data and tags
    git fetch --all
    git fetch --tags
    git pull --all
    git gc # Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository

    # Create an archive of the directory
    cd ../
    tar cfz "$TARNAME" "$FOLDERNAME/"

    # Remove the git clone
    rm -rf "./$FOLDERNAME"

    echo "Done!"
    echo "Your archived git repository is named $TARNAME"