Boilerplate script for creating new project repos.

boilerplate.py

import sys
import subprocess

def make_boilerplate(directory):
    #Don't split and add shell=True arg to subprocess to concatenate commands.
    mkdir = 'mkdir {0}'
    tests = 'mkdir {0}/tests && touch {0}/tests/__init__.py && touch {0}/__init__.py'
    # virtualenv_config = 'mkvirtualenv {0} && pip install nose'
    git_setup = 'git -C {0} init && echo "*.pyc" > {0}/.gitignore && git -C {0} add -A && git -C {0} commit -m "Boilerplate repo."'
    commands = [mkdir, tests, git_setup]
    for command in commands:
        subprocess.call(command.format(directory), shell=True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    make_boilerplate(sys.argv[1])