alias to create and initialize a new git repository from shell

git-create.sh

USER=$(git config --get github.user)

# takes in new repo's name as argument
# ex// $ git-create tufts-hackathon

function git-create () {
  git init
  touch README.md
  curl -u "${USER}" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"'${1}'"}' > /dev/null
  git remote add origin [email protected]:${USER}/${1}.git
  git add .
  git commit -am 'first commit'
  git push -u origin master
}