remgit.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# This script will create a bare git repository on a remote machine.

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ssh'

module Linuxclistatus
  require 'highline/import'
  def print_task(task)
    len = 80 - (task.length + 11)

    print("#{task} #{" " * len}")
    STDOUT.flush
  end

  def print_status(status)
    if status
      say("[ <%= color('OK'.center(6), :green) %> ]")
    else
      say("[ <%= color('FAILED', :red) %> ]")
    end
  end
end

include Linuxclistatus

SERVER = 'IP_ADDRESS_TO_SERVER'
USER = 'SSH_USER'
GIT_FOLDER = '/git/'

unless ARGV.length == 1
  puts "usage: remgit <name of repository>"
  exit
end

project = ARGV[0].downcase
repo = project + ".git"

begin
  print_task("Connecting to host...")
  Net::SSH.start(SERVER, USER) do |ssh|
    print_status true
    print_task("Creating git repository...")
    ssh.exec "cd #{GIT_FOLDER} && mkdir #{repo} && cd #{repo} && git init --bare" do |ch, stream, data|
      if stream == :stderr
        raise Exception, data
      else
        print_status true
      end
    end
  end
  
  puts <<"EOF"
Next steps
==========

mkdir #{project}
cd #{project}
git init
touch README.markdown
git add README.markdown
git commit -m 'Initial Import'
git remote add origin ssh://#{USER}@#{SERVER}#{GIT_FOLDER}#{repo}
git push origin master

Existing Git Repo?
==================

cd #{project}
git remote add origin ssh://#{USER}@#{SERVER}#{GIT_FOLDER}#{repo}
git push origin master
EOF

rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED => e
  print_status false
  puts "Connection was refused by the server."
rescue Exception => e
  print_status false
  puts e
end