a bash function I will use to create a repo in current folder ussing github api

reposCreateNewRepo.sh

#!/bin/bash +x

function reposCreateNewRepo(){
local apiUrlBase='https://api.github.com'     
GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=$( cat ${GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN_LOCATION} )
PROJECT_NAME=$( echo ${PWD##*/} )
PROJECT_DESCRIPTION="website project ${PROJECT_NAME}"
local chkGitStatus=$( git status 2>/dev/null )
echo "CHECK! if  ${PROJECT_NAME} under git control"
if [[ -n ${chkGitStatus} ]] ; then
    echo "YEP! ${PROJECT_NAME}  is already under git control"
    echo ${chkGitStatus} 
else
     echo "NOPE! ${PROJECT_NAME} *not* under git control"
fi

local doRequest=
local jsn=

echo "TASK! git init ${PROJECT_NAME}"
git init
if [[ ! -e  'README.md' ]] ; then
    echo "TASK! add readme"
    touch 'README.md'
    git add README.md
    git commit -m 'first commit'
fi

chkIsInRepo=$(
curl ${API_USER_REPOS} | json -a name  | grep "${PROJECT_NAME}"
)
echo "CHECK! is  ${PROJECT_NAME} in our github repo"
if [[ -n ${chkIsInRepo} ]] ; then
    echo "YEP! ${chkIsInRepo} is in repo"
else
    echo "NOPE! ${PROJECT_NAME} is *not* repo"
    echo "TASK! create repo on github"  
    jsn="{\"name\":\"${PROJECT_NAME}\",\"description\":\"${PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}\"}"
    doRequest=$(
    curl \
        -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
        -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
        ${apiUrlBase}/user/repos \
        -d "${jsn}" 
    )
    if [[ ${doRequest} = 201 ]] ; then
        echo "DONE! ${doRequest}"
        echo "TASK! get the repo SSH_URL"     
        SSH_URL=$(
        curl ${apiUrlBase}/repos/${GITHUB_USER}/${PROJECT_NAME} |
        json -a ssh_url
        )
        if [[ ${doRequest} = 201 ]] ; then
            echo "DONE! ${SSH_URL}"
            echo "TASK! add remote origin" 
            git remote add origin $SSH_URL
            echo "TASK! push origin master "
            git push origin master
            echo "TASK! show git status"
            git status
        fi

    fi  
fi  
}

A few vars loaded from a properties file, but you should get the flow of the code