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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
+
+# Clones the Elpa mirrors repository to a local directory
+
+ELPA_MIRRORS_REPO="https://github.com/d12frosted/elpa-mirror.git"
+ELPA_MIRRORS_DIR=".elpa-mirrors"
+
+
+# Identify EMACS_CONFIG location
+if [ $# -eq 1 ] && [ -d "$1" ]; then
+    EMACS_CONFIG="$1"
+elif [ -d "$HOME/.emacs.d" ]; then
+    EMACS_CONFIG="$HOME/.emacs.d"
+elif [ -d "$HOME/.config/emacs" ]; then
+    EMACS_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/emacs"
+else
+    echo
+    "Unable to locate Emacs configuration directory. Please check that your Emacs
+    configuration is in ~/.emacs.d/ or ~/.config/emacs/. Alternatively, you can
+    specify a different directory by passing the directory path as an argument."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if git is installed
+if ! command -v git &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "git was not found. Please install git first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if the .elpa-mirrors already exists
+if [ -d "$EMACS_CONFIG/$ELPA_MIRRORS_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "The directory $EMACS_CONFIG/$ELPA_MIRRORS_DIR already exists. Please remove or rename this directory and run the script again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Confirm directory selection
+read -p "The following directory has been selected for cloning ELPA mirror repo: $EMACS_CONFIG. Continue? [y/N] " REPLY
+if ! [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    echo "Operation cancelled by user."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Proceed with cloning
+git clone --depth 1 "$ELPA_MIRRORS_REPO" "$EMACS_CONFIG/$ELPA_MIRRORS_DIR"
+
+# Display completion notification with location of mirrors.
+printf "\n\nCompleted. Elpa mirrors cloned to %s\n\n" "$EMACS_CONFIG/$ELPA_MIRRORS_DIR"