gitcreate.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Form from https://gist.github.com/robwierzbowski/5430952/
# Create a remote repo on GitHub and clone it to your computer
# Grabs sensible defaults from the containing folder and `.gitconfig`.  
# Refinements welcome.

# Get user input
echo "New repo name:"
read REPONAME

echo "Git Username:"
read USER

echo "Repo Description:"
read DESCRIPTION

echo "Here we go..."

# Curl some json to the github API oh damn we so fancy
curl -u ${USER} https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\": \"$REPONAME\", \"description\": \"$DESCRIPTION\", \"auto_init\":true}"

# Cloning repo to local computer
git clone [email protected]:$USER/$REPONAME.git

# cleaning up
REPONAME=
USER=
DESCRIPTION=