Modify "gclient config url" to act a little bit more like "git clone url". If the

gclient.py

 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 """Meta checkout manager supporting both Subversion and GIT.
 
 Files
   .gclient      : Current client configuration, written by 'config' command.
                   Format is a Python script defining 'solutions', a list whose
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   if os.path.exists(options.config_filename):
     raise gclient_utils.Error('%s file already exists in the current directory'
                                   % options.config_filename)
   client = GClient('.', options)
   if options.spec:
     client.SetConfig(options.spec)
   else:
     base_url = args[0].rstrip('/')
     if not options.name:
       name = base_url.split('/')[-1]
+      if name.endswith('.git'):
+        name = name[:-4]
     else:
       # specify an alternate relpath for the given URL.
       name = options.name
     deps_file = options.deps_file
     if options.git_deps:
       deps_file = '.DEPS.git'
     safesync_url = ''
     if len(args) > 1:
       safesync_url = args[1]
     client.SetDefaultConfig(name, deps_file, base_url, safesync_url)
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   except (gclient_utils.Error, subprocess2.CalledProcessError), e:
     print >> sys.stderr, 'Error: %s' % str(e)
     return 1
 
 
 if '__main__' == __name__:
   fix_encoding.fix_encoding()
   sys.exit(Main(sys.argv[1:]))
 
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