How to quickly create new Github project from your command line.

Use gh-utils

git clone git@github.com:agilecreativity/gh-utils.git && cd gh-utils

# Then install it
lein deps :tree && lein bin

# Source the appropriate shell
source ~/.zshrc # or source ~/.bashrc

# Then see if we can use the project
ls ~/bin/gh-utils

# See the sample usage
gh-utils

Basic Usage

• First create the basic config that have your Github login/credentials

  ;; e.g. store this in the known location like ~/Dropbox/config/github.edn
  {:username "<your-github-username>"
   :password "<your-github-password>"
  }
  

• The basic usage

  Usage: gh-utils [options]
    -c, --config CONFIG              ~/Dropbox/config/github.edn
    -r, --repo REPO
    -i, --init-commit
    -l, --remote-label REMOTE_LABEL  origin
    -p, --push
    -h, --help
  
  Options:
  
  --config       CONFIG       full path to the config file e.g. ~/Dropbox/config/github.edn
  --init-commit               run git-init and git commit on the local project
  --repo         REPO         name of repository to be created
  --remote-label REMOTE_LABEL remote label default to 'origin'
  --push                      push the code to the remote repository as well
  
  Examples:
  
  a) To push existing project that have already contain some commit (e.g. skip -i)
  gh-utils -c ~/Dropbox/config/github.edn -r awesome-idea -l upstream -p
  
  b) To create and push brand new project to Github and run initial commit
  gh-utils -c ~/Dropbox/config/github.edn -r awesome-idea -i -l origin -p
  
  c) To create brand new project to Github, run initial commit and skip pushing to remote branch.
  gh-utils -c ~/Dropbox/config/github.edn -r awesome-idea -i -l origin
  

See official readme.md for details.