Create new Golang project and Github repository with one single command

golang_new_project.sh

# put that in your .bash_profile

function ng() { 
  mkdir $GOPATH/src/github.com/rafaelbeckel/$1 && 
  cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/rafaelbeckel/$1 && 
  git init && 
  curl -u 'rafaelbeckel' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"$1\", \"private\":true, \"gitignore_template\": \"Go\" }" && 
  git remote add origin https://github.com/rafaelbeckel/$1 
  && git pull origin master 
  && touch main.go 
  && code .; 
}

# Usage: ng YOUR_REPO_NAME

# @TODO needs some cleanup, but it works as-is for me. 
# Feel free to replace my name and "code" to your favorite editor

# @TODO start with a skeleton or a hello world instead of an empty file

I was annoyed that every time I started a new project in Go, I needed to manually create a new repository and the right path structure in my filesystem to match it.

So, I have created a command for it. It creates the repo in Github, clones it to the correct path in my filesystem, includes a Go .gitignore template, creates a main.go file, and fires up my favorite editor with the project opened up.