The script I use to set up a new course, along with a synchronized repo on GitHub for use with "gitautopush"

setup-course.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import shutil
import os
from github import Github

github_token = open('/Users/reuven/.github_token').read().strip()

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument('-s', '--source', default='generic')
parser.add_argument('-d', '--date', required=True)
parser.add_argument('-c', '--client', required=True)
parser.add_argument('-r', '--repo', required=True)
parser.add_argument('-n', '--name', default='')

args = parser.parse_args()

if args.name:
    suffix = f'-{args.name}'
else:
    suffix = ''

destination = f'{args.client}-{args.date}{suffix}'

print(f'Copying from "{args.source}" to "{destination}"')

shutil.copytree(args.source, destination)


os.rename(f'{destination}/Course notebook.ipynb',
          f'{destination}/{args.client} - {args.date}{suffix}.ipynb')


remote_info = f"""
[core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
        ignorecase = true
        precomposeunicode = true
[remote "origin"]
        url = git@github.com:reuven/{args.repo}.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "main"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/main
"""


# Write the remote info to the Git configuration file
with open(f'{destination}/.git/config', 'w') as outfile:
    outfile.write(remote_info)

# Create the repo on GitHub
g = Github(github_token)
user = g.get_user()
repo = user.create_repo(args.repo)

Note that this script assumes that there's a "generic" directory that (a) contains a Jupyter notebook and (b) has already been initialized as a Git repository. Using this program saves me 5-10 minutes for each class I teach — which, on the days I teach 4-5 different 2-hour classes, is a big win.