function that creates a git repo using the git API

git-init.sh

git-init () {
	# function that creates a git repo using the git API
	
	# this function requires the following env variables to be set:
	# GIT_USERNAME with your git username
	# GIT_TOKEN with your git personal access token
	# 
	# these are used when calling the api to create a new repo
	
	# place the function code and env vars in your .bashrc or .profile

	# interact with the function with the following syntax
	# git-init <repo_name> [<public||private>]
	
	# git-init -h or --help will print the above message
	
	if [ $1 == '-h' ] || [ $1 == '--help' ]; then
		echo "Usage:"
		echo "    git-init <repo_name> [<public||private>]"
		return
	fi

	repo_name="$1"
	if [ -z "$2" ] || [ $2 == 'public' ]; then
		private="false"
	elif [ "$2" = "private" ]; then
		private="true"
	fi

	curl -u "$GIT_USERNAME:$GIT_TOKEN" -d "{ \"name\": \"${repo_name}\", \"private\": ${private}, \"has_issues\": true, \"has_projects\": false, \"has_wiki\": false }" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://api.github.com/user/repos 2>&1 1>/dev/null &&
	echo "Creating \"$repo_name\"" &&
	mkdir "$repo_name" && cd "$repo_name" &&
	echo "# $repo_name" > README.md &&
	git init && 
	git add README.md &&
	git commit -m "first commit" &&
	git remote add origin "git@github.com:$GIT_USERNAME/$repo_name.git" &&
	git push -u origin master
}