def checkup_git_repo_legacy(url, name=None, base_dir='~/repos',
                            verbose=False, prefix='', postfix=''):
    '''Checkout or update a git repo.'''
    if not name:
        match = re.match(r'.*/(.+)\.git', url)
        assert match, flo("Unable to extract repo name from '{url}'")
        name = match.group(1)
    assert name is not None, flo('Cannot extract repo name from repo: {url}')
    assert name != '', flo('Cannot extract repo name from repo: {url} (empty)')
    if verbose:
        name_blue = blue(name)
        print_msg(flo('{prefix}Checkout or update {name_blue}{postfix}'))
    if not exists(base_dir):
        run(flo('mkdir -p {base_dir}'))
    if not exists(flo('{base_dir}/{name}/.git')):
        run(flo('  &&  '.join([
                'cd {base_dir}',
                'git clone  {url}  {name}'])),
            msg='clone repo')
    else:
        if verbose:
            print_msg('update: pull from origin')
        run(flo('cd {base_dir}/{name}  &&  git pull'))
    return name
Checkout or update a git repo.