Simple script for creating bare git projects.

create_new_project.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This will create a new repository, with a sample README, and clone it
# to a default location

PROJNAME=$1

if [ -d /home/git/tmp/$PROJNAME ]; then
        echo "Project by that name already exists"
        exit 1
fi

# Create an empty project
mkdir -p /home/git/tmp/$PROJNAME
cd /home/git/tmp/$PROJNAME
git init
touch README
git add README
git commit -m "initial project"

# Clone it
git clone --bare /home/git/tmp/$PROJNAME /home/git/$PROJNAME.git