diff --git a/inlineplz/util/git.py b/inlineplz/util/git.py
index ddacb1e6..538404b1 100644
--- a/inlineplz/util/git.py
+++ b/inlineplz/util/git.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 import subprocess
+import tempfile
 
 
 def current_sha():
@@ -100,3 +102,36 @@ def command(*args):
     return (
         subprocess.check_output(git_command).strip().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
     )
+
+
+def clone(url, dir=None, token=None, ref=None):
+    if not dir:
+        dir = os.getcwd()
+    if token:
+        # https://github.com/blog/1270-easier-builds-and-deployments-using-git-over-https-and-oauth
+        url = url.replace("https://", "https://{}@".format(token))
+    print("Cloning: {}".format(url))
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(dir)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(["git", "init"], cwd=dir)
+
+        pull_cmd = ["git", "pull", url]
+        if ref:
+            pull_cmd.append(ref)
+        subprocess.check_call(pull_cmd, cwd=dir)
+        return True
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+
+def clone_dotfiles(url, org, token=None):
+    dotfile_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    for repo in ["dotfiles", ".dotfiles", ".github"]:
+        clone_url = "/".join([url, org, repo]) + ".git"
+        print("Cloning: {}".format(clone_url))
+        dotfile_path = os.path.join(dotfile_dir, repo)
+        if clone(clone_url, dotfile_path, token):
+            return dotfile_path