Create new folder, init repo, add readme.md, add remote origin, first commit, push to origin

new_repo.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# USAGE: sudo ./newrepo.rb folder_name origin_url

# Give it exec permissions before running: chmod +x init.rb

# Protip: add it to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile, copy it to your ~/Scripts and run it from anywhere:
# alias new_repo="~/Scripts/new_repo.rb"

require 'fileutils'

if ARGV[0].nil? or ARGV[1].nil? then
  puts "Usage: ./newrepo.rb <folder_name> <origin_url>"
  exit
end

folder_name = ARGV[0]

origin_url = ARGV[1]

FileUtils.mkdir_p("#{folder_name}")
puts "initializing repo..."

FileUtils.cd("#{folder_name}", :verbose => true)
`git init`
puts "adding readme.md and commiting..."

FileUtils.touch("readme.md")

`git add .`
`git commit -m 'first commit'`
puts "adding origin and pushing master..."

`git remote add origin #{origin_url}`
%x(git push origin master)
puts "repo created successfully ;)"