Creates a new Git repository on Debian/Ubuntu Linux

addgitrepo.sh

#/bin/sh
#
# Script to create an empty Git-Repository.
#
GIT_BASEPATH=/var/cache/git
SCRIPT_NAME="`basename $0`"
PROJECT_NAME="$1"

if [ -z "$PROJECT_NAME" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $SCRIPT_NAME PROJECT_NAME"
  exit 0
fi

PROJECT_NAME="`basename $PROJECT_NAME .git`.git"
PROJECT_PATH="$GIT_BASEPATH/$PROJECT_NAME"

if [ -d "$PROJECT_PATH" ]; then
  echo "An Git repository already exists at $PROJECT_PATH! Aborting."
  exit 0
fi

if [ ! -w "$GIT_BASEPATH" ]; then
  echo "The directory $GIT_BASEBATH is not writeable for your user. Maybe you forgot sudo? Aborting."
  exit 0
fi

echo "Creating directory at $PROJECT_PATH..."
mkdir $PROJECT_PATH
chmod 2775 $PROJECT_PATH

echo "Initializing empty Git repository..." 
cd $PROJECT_PATH
git --bare init --shared=group
 
#echo "Changing group to git..."
chown -R :git $PROJECT_PATH

#echo "Ensure group write permissions (g+w)..."
#chmod -R g+w $PROJECT_PATH

echo "Done."