The GitHub init script you've been waiting for

First thing's first

Create a github repository.

Configuration (only do this once)

Next, you'll need to add a git config value that sets your GitHub username.

$ git config --global github.user YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME

Test that it's set as expected by running the following command:

$ git config --global github.user
YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME
$ # make sure you see your username printed above

Make the script executable.

$ chmod +x github-init.sh

Usage (do this every time!)

The script is pretty simple. You can execute the script without arguments to see the usage.

$ ./github-init.sh
Usage: ./github-init.sh path/to/github/repo

You can pass either the repo name with or without a full path to the script.

$ ./github-init.sh my-cool-repo-name
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sleekslush/code/my-cool-repo/.git/
[master (root-commit) 25ff63c] first commit
 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 README
Counting objects: 3, done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 210 bytes, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To [email protected]:sleekslush/my-cool-repo.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.
$ # done!

License

Do whatever you want with this. Just make sure you change the world for the better while doing it!