diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 96562cb..7d6e3c9 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ Handle project workflows in a unified way:
   * opensuse
     * codecs repository
     * disable & enable https
-* write function to clone git repositories
 * write unit tests
 
 ### Shell → Python
diff --git a/spcd.sh b/spcd.sh
index ac1e6f4..331dea6 100644
--- a/spcd.sh
+++ b/spcd.sh
@@ -715,17 +715,10 @@ spcd_install_python_modules() {
     spcd_step "Install Python modules"
     spcd_ipm__target="${SPCD_PYTHON_VENV_PACKAGES}"
     for spcd_ipm__repository in "${SPCD_GIT_MAIN}" "${SPCD_GIT_ROOT}"; do
-        spcd_ipm__url="$(spcd_git_url "${spcd_ipm__repository}")"
-        spcd_ipm__name="$(basename "${spcd_ipm__url}")"
         spcd_split
-        echo "\
-${spcd_ipm__url}
-↓"
-        git clone \
-            "${spcd_ipm__url}" \
-            "${SPCD_DL}/${spcd_ipm__name}" ||
-            exit
-        spcd_ipm__path="${SPCD_DL}/${spcd_ipm__name}/${spcd_ipm__name}"
+        spcd_ipm__path="$(spcd_git_clone "${spcd_ipm__repository}")"
+        spcd_ipm__name="$(basename "${spcd_ipm__path}")"
+        spcd_ipm__path="${spcd_ipm__path}/${spcd_ipm__name}"
         echo "\
 ${spcd_ipm__path}
 ↓
@@ -880,6 +873,21 @@ spcd_error_os() {
     exit "${SPCD_ERROR_OS}"
 }
 
+spcd_git_clone() {
+    if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
+        spcd_gc__name="$(basename "${1}")"
+        spcd_gc__path="${SPCD_DL}/${spcd_gc__name}"
+        spcd_gc__url="$(spcd_git_url "${1}")"
+        echo "\
+${spcd_gc__url}
+↓"
+        git clone \
+            "${spcd_gc__url}" \
+            "${spcd_gc__path}"
+        echo "${spcd_gc__path}"
+    fi
+}
+
 spcd_git_url() {
     if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
         case "${1}" in