`gitify(1)` your remote repository

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/sh
# Get a website ready to deploy with git

REPO_HOST='example.com'
REPO_PATH=$HOME/repos

# Check that the user has provided a directory to use and it exists
if [ ! "$1" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 DIRECTORY"
    echo "Where DIRECTORY is the folder that you want to contain the working copy"
    exit 0
fi

# Allow environment variables to override defaults at the top of the script
if [ $GITIFY_REPO_PATH ]; then
    REPO_PATH=$GITIFY_REPO_PATH
fi

# Test if the directory exists
if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
    
    # Create the directory
    mkdir $1
    
    # Check that the directory was created successfully
    if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit 1
    fi
fi

# Ask for a repo name
echo -n "Repository name (no spaces): " && read name
git init --bare $REPO_PATH/$name.git/ && cd $HOME/repos/$name.git/

# Configure the git repo to be pushable to
git config core.worktree $1
git config core.bare false
git config receive.denycurrentbranch ignore

# Create the post-receive hook and make it executable
echo "#!/bin/sh
git checkout -f" > hooks/post-receive
chmod +x hooks/post-receive

remote_repo="$USER@$HOSTNAME:repos/$name.git"
gra="git remote add webserver $remote_repo"
gpwm="git push webserver master"

# Give the user some information about using their new repository
echo
echo "# You now need to push your branch to the new repository"
echo "#"
echo "#         $remote_repo"
echo "#"
echo "# To add as a remote run the following on your local computer"
echo "# $gra"
echo "#"
echo "# Then to push to the new repository"
echo "# $gpwm"
echo "#"
echo "# Note: you don't have to call the remote 'webserver'."
echo "#"