Installation, setup & usage

This guide is for windows only. See https://github.com/KalleHallden/ProjectInitializationAutomation for MAC-version.

Install

1. git clone https://github.com/Andreasgdp/create-easy-repositories.git
2. cd create-easy-repositories
3. pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup

create.py

1. Set the path variable in the file create-repositories\create.py (line 5) to your desired projects folder. For example:

5   path = "C:/Users/<your username>/Documents/Projects/"

2. Set the username and password variables to your github username and password in create-repositories\create.py (line 7 & 8). For example:

7   username = "<your GitHub username>" #Insert your github username here
8   password = "<your GitHub password>" #Insert your github password here

3. Place folder create-repositories here: C:\Users\<your username>\Documents\, like this: C:\Users\<your username>\Documents\create-repositories\.

create.bat

1. Insert your PS username in the first line of the file create.bat, like this:

1   cd C:\Users\<your username>\Documents\create-repositories\

2. Change the path in the third line to match the path for your projects in the create.py file, like this (%1 is taking the second argument that you type after create. See Usage):

3   cd C:\Users\<your username>\Documents\Projects\%1

3. Change the fith line so that your GitHub username is in the link. like this:

5   git remote add origin https://github.com/<your GitHub username>/%1.git

4. Change the last line to your code launcher command. If you use VS code it is code . and with VS code insiders it is code-insiders .. If you don't have such a command, you can just delete the line.
5. Place file create.bat here: C:\Windows\System32. You will need administrator permission for this.

Usage

1. To run the script type create <name of your new repository> in your preferred terminal.