Quickly Make Git Repos

make-repo.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# make-repo
# Creates a bare, named git repo on the server side
# N. P. O'Donnell, 2020 - 2021

REPO_BASE=/git
REPO_NAME=$1
REPO_DIR=$REPO_BASE/$REPO_NAME.git
HOSTNAME=$(hostname)

if [ -z $REPO_NAME ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <repo name>"
  exit 1
fi

if [ -d $REPO_DIR ]; then 
  echo "Repository already exists!"
  exit 1 
fi

sudo -u git mkdir -p $REPO_DIR
sudo -u git git init --bare $REPO_DIR
sudo -u git /usr/bin/env sh -c "echo $REPO_NAME > $REPO_DIR/description"

echo "Created repo $REPO_NAME in $REPO_DIR"
echo ""
echo "Update existing repo with:"
echo ""
echo "echo $REPO_NAME > .git/description"
echo "git remote add origin ssh://git@$HOSTNAME$REPO_DIR"
echo "git push --set-upstream origin \$(git branch | grep '^* ' | sed -e 's|^* ||')"
echo ""