function init_repos(){

  if [ -d "$WA_REPO" ]; then
    echo "$WA_REPO does exist, skipping cloning"
    source $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh
    echo "found client name: $CLIENT_NAME"
    source $HOME/.zshrc
    
    git_pull
  else
    echo -n "client name: "
    read -r CLIENT_NAME

    if [ ! -f $HOME/.ssh/deploy_key ]; then

      echo "create ssh key"
      echo -n "ssh passphrase: "

      stty_orig=$(stty -g) # save original terminal setting.
      stty -echo 
      read -r  passphrase
      stty "$stty_orig"    # restore terminal setting.


      echo "1. client name: $CLIENT_NAME"

      mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh

      ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "$passphrase" -C "deploy_key_$CLIENT_NAME" -f $HOME/.ssh/deploy_key

      echo "please upload now pub key by logging into user $CLIENT_NAME keys ..."
      echo "if user does not exit. login with admin user and create new user with name: $CLIENT_NAME"
      echo "make sure the user $CLIENT_NAME is in team shared_deployments and is allowed to pull repository cimp_$CLIENT_NAME"


      echo "https://git.service.wiseadvice.eu/user/settings/keys"
      echo " "

      cat $HOME/.ssh/deploy_key.pub
    fi

    echo " "
    echo -n "ready to pull? type yes: "
    read -r ready_to_pull

    if [ "$ready_to_pull" = "yes" ]; then
      start_ssh_agent

      echo "preparing"

        if grep "git.service.wiseadvice.eu" $HOME/.ssh/config > /dev/null
        then
            echo "ssh configuration already set"
        else
            echo "set ssh configuration"
            cat <<EOT >>  $HOME/.ssh/config
    Host git.service.wiseadvice.eu
            HostName git.service.wiseadvice.eu
            IdentityFile ~/.ssh/deploy_key
            Port 8422
            IdentitiesOnly yes
EOT
        fi

      
      mkdir -p $WA_REPO

      echo "export CLIENT_NAME=$CLIENT_NAME" > $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh
      source $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh

      cd $WA_REPO
      clone_repo_with_retry cimp_$CLIENT_NAME
      clone_repo_with_retry common_sysadmin

        if [ "$TASK_PERFORMING" = "k8s_setup" ]; then
            clone_repo_with_retry shared_resources_k8s
            ln -sf $WA_REPO/common_sysadmin/k8s $HOME/kubeconfs_common
            ln -sf $WA_REPO/shared_resources_k8s/k8s $HOME/kubeconfs_common
            ln -sf $WA_REPO/shared_resources_k8s/manifest.sh $HOME/.zshrc
            ln -sf $WA_REPO/cimp_$CLIENT_NAME/k8s $HOME/kubeconfs
        fi
      echo "source .zshrc after pull"
      echo "change default SHELL of user sysadmin:"
      chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh
      source $HOME/.zshrc
    else
      echo "Aborting"
      exit 0
    fi
  fi
}