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> A tool to discover, one to download and one to extract git repositories.

Hasn't dvcs-ripper [1] been around for longer? It supports other VCSes as well.

Also, the article fails to mention that a simple `git clone` would usually work as well, although that tends to be blocked in similar CTF challenges.

Hi, one of the authors here.

I knew about dvcs-ripper, but thought that implementing another variant might be fun and let me learn about git internals.

Does a simple `git clone` really work? I just tested it and it failed:

``` $> git clone http://x.domain.tld/ fatal: repository 'http://x.domain.tld/' not found

And yes, the post's background is a CTF challenge that blocked a simple `git clone`.

I remember, that it was the 9447 ctf in 2014. The challenges were bashful and tumorous. See: https://github.com/ctfs/write-ups-2014/tree/master/9447-ctf-...

Parts are even in metasploit.