dget - getting code from github

[David Nadlinger]

On Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 23:14:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Currently, getting D code from github is a multistep process, 
> that isn't always obvious. I propose the creation of a dget 
> program, which will:
>
>     dget https://github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/libevent
>
> download the libevent code and install it in a subdirectory 
> named libevent.

What are you referring to as installation? Just retrieving the 
source into a »libevent« subdirectory is hardly a multi-step 
process:

git clone https://github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/libevent

David