diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53eaa21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/target
+**/*.rs.bk
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc4e1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[[package]]
+name = "colored"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "gclone"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "colored 1.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[metadata]
+"checksum colored 1.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6e9a455e156a4271e12fd0246238c380b1e223e3736663c7a18ed8b6362028a9"
+"checksum lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a374c89b9db55895453a74c1e38861d9deec0b01b405a82516e9d5de4820dea1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9850d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "gclone"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Thomas Forgione <thomas@forgione.fr>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+colored = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8015026..7786c0c 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -581,9 +581,10 @@ them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the exclusion
 of warranty; and each file should have at least the "copyright" line and a
 pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
-<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
+gclone: a program that clones a git repository and automatically puts it in the
+right place
 
-Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
+Copyright (C) 2019 Thomas Forgione <thomas@forgione.fr>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e26da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::process::{Command, exit};
+use std::fs::{create_dir_all, remove_dir_all};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use colored::*;
+
+macro_rules! unwrap {
+    ($e: expr) => {
+        match $e {
+            Some(e) => e,
+            None => return None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_http_url(input: &str) -> Option<(String, String, String)> {
+    let split = input.split("/").collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    if split.len() < 3 {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let repo = String::from(split[split.len() - 1]);
+    let owner = String::from(split[split.len() - 2]);
+    let server = split[2 .. split.len() - 2].join("/");
+
+    Some((server, owner, repo))
+}
+
+fn parse_ssh_url(input: &str) -> Option<(String, String, String)> {
+    let url = unwrap!(input.split("@").nth(1));
+    let mut split = url.split(":");
+    let server = String::from(unwrap!(split.next()));
+    let rest = unwrap!(split.next());
+
+    let mut resplit = rest.split("/");
+    let owner = String::from(unwrap!(resplit.next()));
+    let repo = String::from(unwrap!(resplit.next()));
+
+    Some((server, owner, repo))
+}
+
+fn parse_url(input: &str) -> Option<(String, String, String)> {
+    if input.starts_with("http") {
+        parse_http_url(input)
+    } else {
+        parse_ssh_url(input)
+    }
+}
+
+fn help() {
+
+}
+
+fn main() {
+
+    let git_dir = match env::var("GCLONE_PATH") {
+        Ok(path) => path,
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("{} {} {}",
+                "error:".bold().red(),
+                "environment variable GCLONE_PATH must be set:".bold(),
+                e.description());
+
+            exit(1);
+        },
+    };
+
+    // Parse args
+    let url = match env::args().nth(1) {
+        Some(arg) => arg,
+        None => {
+            eprintln!("{} {}",
+                "error:".bold().red(),
+                "gclone expects an argument".bold());
+
+            exit(1);
+        },
+    };
+
+    if url == "-h" || url == "--help" {
+        return help();
+    }
+
+    let (server, owner, repo) = match parse_url(&url) {
+        Some(parsed) => parsed,
+        None => {
+            eprintln!("{} {}",
+                "error:".bold().red(),
+                "couldn't guess server, owner and repo names from url".bold());
+
+            exit(1);
+        },
+    };
+
+    // Build path
+    let mut path = PathBuf::from(git_dir);
+    path.push(&server);
+    path.push(&owner);
+    path.push(&repo);
+
+    if path.exists() {
+        eprintln!("{} {}",
+            "error:".red().bold(),
+            "the corresponding directory already exists".bold());
+
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    match create_dir_all(&path) {
+        Ok(_) => (),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("{} {} {}",
+                "error:".red().bold(),
+                "couldn't create the corresponding directory:".bold(),
+                e.description());
+
+            remove_dir_all(&path).ok();
+
+            exit(1);
+        },
+    }
+
+    eprintln!("{} {} {}{}", "info:".bold(), "cloning", url, "...");
+
+    let command = Command::new("git")
+        .args(&["clone", &url, &path.display().to_string()])
+        .output();
+
+    match command {
+        Ok(repo) => repo,
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("{} {} {}",
+                "error:".bold().red(),
+                "couldn't clone repository:".bold(),
+                e.description());
+
+            remove_dir_all(&path).ok();
+
+            exit(1);
+        },
+    };
+
+    eprintln!("{} {}", "info:".bold(), "done!");
+
+}