bash function for setting up a laravel project with stuff I almost always use

newlaravel

function newlaravel
{
        
        # Modify to suit your own system
        YAML=/home/users/Nathan/Homestead.yaml
        PROJECTSDIR="/media/nathan/Secondary Storage/Github"
        HOMESTEADDIR="/media/nathan/Secondary Storage/Github"
        HOSTFILE=/etc/hosts
        PROJECTNAME=$1
        #
        cd $PROJECTSDIR                                  
        laravel new $PROJECTNAME
        cd $PROJECTNAME
        composer require barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
        sed -i.bak '/RouteServiceProvider::class,/a\\n \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Barryvdh\\\LaravelIdeHelper\\\IdeHelperServiceProvider::class,' config/app.php
        php artisan clear-compiled
        php artisan ide-helper:generate
        php artisan ide-helper:meta
        php artisan optimize
        npm install
        git init
        echo "/.idea" >> .gitignore
        echo "_ide_helper.php" >> .gitignore
        echo ".phpstorm.meta.php" >> .gitignore
        git add .
        git commit -m "Initial Commit"

}

Add to your ~/.bashrc file, then reload your terminal ( or just type 'source ~/.bashrc' )