creates a bare git repository with two branches (master, develop) in it, ready to be commited onto.

create-git-repo.sh

#!/bin/bash
# shell script to create git repositories

if [ $# -ne 1 ] ; then
        echo "usage: create-git REPONAME"
        echo "=> example: create-git myrepo"
        exit
fi

cd ~/git
git init --bare $1.git
git clone ~/git/$1.git ~/temp/$1
cd ~/temp/$1
git commit --allow-empty -m "initial commit"
git push origin master
git checkout -b develop
git push -u origin develop
cd ~
rm -rf ~/temp/$1