Set up more than one 'automatic' remote when cloning git repo

Question

I would like to clone ('fork') a public git repository (residing, say, on GitHub) to our internal network in such a way that whenever a developer clones that forked repository, they automatically get two remotes in their local repository:

• origin (pointing to our internal, forked repository)
• upstream (pointing to the original, public repository)

Example

Say we have a public repository at https://github.com/someone/foo.git

I'd now like to have a clone on our internal network at internal-repos:foo.git.

When the developer clones that repository git clone internal-repos:foo.git, they should have two remotes in their working copy

• origin pointing to internal-repos:foo.git
• upstream pointing to github.com/someone/foo.git

Is that possible? If so, how can I do that? AFACT git remote only operates on the local configuration.

Answer 1

You could try and add a post-checkout hook which would be triggered on a git clone.

That could be possible through the (shared and accessible by all) template folder, as described in "git-clone and post-checkout hook"

See the Template section of the git init command: a git clone --template=/a/shared/folder could declare such a hook, which would then be in the cloned repo, and could add the missing remote.