A little helper for creating new Git repositories with GitHub.

github.sh

#!/bin/bash
###
# Usage: github.sh my-repo-name
###

# Configuration
username="joshdmiller"
readme="README.md"
commit_msg="chore(*): initial commit"

# The repo name passed in.
repo=$1

# A convenience method for error reporting and exiting.
function fail () {
  echo "$0" 1>&2 && exit 1
}

# Create the new directory.
test -d $repo && fail "Directory already exists."
mkdir $repo || fail "Could not create new directory."
cd $repo

# Create a new repo.
git init .
touch $readme
git add $readme
git commit -m "$commit_msg"

# Create the remote repository and push.
git remote add origin git@github.com:$username/$repo.git
curl -u "$username" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"$repo\"}"
git push -u origin master