Table of Contents

1. create a remote repo
2. initiate from local repository
3. my shell script

create a remote repo

• using the following command:

  curl -u '${user_name}' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"${repo_name}\"}"
  

  • change ${user _name} to your github user name, and ${repo _name} to the repository name you want to create.

initiate from local repository

• cd to the directory you want to initiate the remote repository with.

• execute the following commands:

  touch README.md
  echo "# ${repo_name}" >> README.md
  git init
  git add .
  git commit -m "first commit"
  git remote add origin https://github.com/${user_name}/${repo_name}.git
  git push -u origin master
  

my shell script

• this is my shell script git-create, I made it executable and added it’s path to my PATH environment variable for convenience:

  user_name='lightjameslyy'
  repo_name=$1
  test -z $repo_name && echo "Repo name required." 1>&2 && exit 1
      
  curl -u ${user_name} https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"${repo_name}\"}"
      
  touch README.md
  echo "# ${repo_name}" >> README.md
  git init
  git add .
  git commit -m "first commit"
  git remote add origin https://github.com/${user_name}/${repo_name}.git
  git push -u origin master