This will create a local git repo inside your current directory and a repo on github and then push it to github. Paste this into a new file (i.e. generate_github_repo.sh) inside your project directory . Run the following: chmod +x ./generate_github_repo.sh This only needs to be done once. now you can start the script with: ./generate_github_repo…

Automatically Create Github Repo

#!/bin/bash

#Replace the empty constants below if you don't want to be prompted for credentials
USERNAME=""
PASSWORD=""


if [ "$USERNAME" == "" ]; then
  echo -n "Enter your Github username and press [ENTER]: "
  read USERNAME
fi

echo -n "Enter a project name for your new Github repository and press [ENTER]: "
read REPO

if [ "$PASSWORD" != "" ]; then
  CREDSHASH=$USERNAME":"$PASSWORD
else
  CREDSHASH=$USERNAME
fi

REPOHASH='{"name":"'$REPO'"}'

echo "contacting Github API..."
curl -u $CREDSHASH https://api.github.com/user/repos -d $REPOHASH > /dev/null

FILENAME=`basename $0`
if grep -q "$FILENAME" .gitignore; then
    echo "gitignore file already patched"
else
    echo "$FILENAME" >> .gitignore
fi

echo "making local repo..."
if [ ! -d ".git" ]; then
  git init
  git add -A .
  git commit -m "Initial commit"
fi

echo "adding remote..."
git remote add origin [email protected]:$USERNAME/$REPO.git
git push -u origin master

This is the best. Github should adopt this