Gitstart

More details about Gitstart.

Overview

Gitstart creates, adds, and pushes with one line.

This script automates creating a git repo. The script will:

• Create .gitignore if you provide a language.
• Create a license.txt depends on your choice.
• Create a new repo at GitHub.com.
• Create a README.md file with the repo name.
• Add README.md and commit with a message.
• Add the remote and push the file.

The script reads your GitHub username from ~/.config/gh/hosts.yml and uses the directory name as a GitHub repo name.

Requirements

• UNIX-lie (Tested on Ubuntu and MacOS.)
• GitHub CLI.

Installation

Linux/macOS using Awesome

After installing Awesome package manager:

awesome install shinokada/gitstart

macOS using Homebrew

If you have Homebrew on your macOS, your can run:

brew tap shinokada/gitstart && brew install gitstart

Usage

• Login github using gh auth login.
• Choose SSH or HTTPS for the default git protocol when you login.

# define a dir path
gitstart repo-name
# in a current dir
cd new_repo
gitstart

• Select a license.

Select a license:
1) MIT: I want it simple and permissive.
2) Apache License 2.0: I need to work in a community.
3) GNU GPLv3: I care about sharing improvements.
4) None
5) Quit
Your lisence: 1
MIT

• Select a visibility.

>>> You are logged in. Creating your newtest in remote.
? Visibility  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> Public
  Private
  Internal

• Yes to add an origin git remote to your local repo.

? This will add an "origin" git remote to your local repository. Continue? Yes

About Licensing

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Author

Shinichi Okada

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License

Copyright (c) 2021 Shinichi Okada (@shinokada) This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.