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Nicholas Adamou
Nicholas Adamou

Reputation: 741

Batch file quits unexpectedly

I am trying to make a bat file that will grab a git repository and download it to a specific directory.

The error I get when running this script is: 

' was unexpected at this time.

Here is my code: 

@echo off
TITLE Starter Kit
cls

echo "Note: This script will download the 'CodeKit-Starter-Kit' repository from @NicholasAdamou's GitHub."
set /p response="Do you want to continue? <y/n>"

if /i "%response%"=="y" (
    goto :downloadKit

    :downloadKit
    cls
    echo "Downloading the CodeKit-Starter-Kit repository from @NicholasAdamou's GitHub."
    set "filePath=%~dp0"
    cd %filePath%
    cd ../dist
    git clone https://github.com/NicholasAdamou/CodeKit-Starter-Kit.git 'StarterKit (CodeKit)'
)

if /i "%response%"=="n" (
    call exit
)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 109

Answers (2)

Dennis van Gils
Dennis van Gils

Reputation: 3471

You need to escape the parenthesis of the git line, like this:

git clone https://github.com/NicholasAdamou/CodeKit-Starter-Kit.git 'StarterKit (CodeKit^)'

This is because batch views closing parenthesis as special characters

Upvotes: 2

dvjz
dvjz

Reputation: 408

I don't understand set "filePath=%~dp0"

Try to substitute single quotes in git command with doublequotes .

Anyway , we are in 2016 , it's time to learn powershell :-)

$filepath="$home\\dp0"
read-host -prompt "Do you want download it ? " -outvariable response
if ( $response -eq "y"){
     set-location "$filepath\\dist"
     git clone https://github.com/NicholasAdamou/CodeKit-Starter-Kit.git 'StarterKit (CodeKit)'
}

Upvotes: 0

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