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§copit

Copy reusable source code from GitHub repos, HTTP URLs, and ZIP archives into your project.

Inspired by shadcn/ui — instead of installing opaque packages, copit copies source code directly into your codebase. The code is yours: readable, modifiable, and fully owned.

§Overview

copit is a CLI tool that helps you:

  • Copy files or folders from GitHub repositories, HTTP URLs, or ZIP archives
  • Track what you copied and where it came from in a copit.toml manifest
  • Update previously copied sources to newer versions
  • Sync all tracked sources at once

§Quick start

# Initialize a copit.toml in your project
copit init

# Copy a file from a GitHub repo
copit add github:serde-rs/serde@v1.0.219/serde/src/lib.rs

# Copy from an HTTP URL
copit add https://example.com/utils.rs

# Copy from a ZIP archive
copit add https://example.com/archive.zip#src/utils.rs

# Re-fetch a tracked source with a new version
copit update vendor/lib.rs --ref v2.0

# Re-fetch all tracked sources
copit sync

§Source formats

FormatExample
GitHubgithub:owner/repo@ref/path (alias: gh:)
HTTPhttps://example.com/file.txt
ZIPhttps://example.com/archive.zip#inner/path

§Architecture

  • sources — Source parsing, fetching (GitHub, HTTP, ZIP)
  • config — copit.toml loading, saving, and manipulation
  • commands — CLI command implementations (init, add, remove, update, sync)
  • cli — Clap argument definitions

Modules§

cli
Command-line argument definitions.
commands
CLI command implementations.
config
Configuration file (copit.toml) management.
sources
Source parsing and fetching.