Add this to your .bashrc to run "rhclone $app_name $cart_type $git_uri" to quickly initialize a gear with an openshift-compatible cart (via a git repo uri)

rhclone.sh

#Add the following lines to your `~/.bashrc` to run "rhclone $app_name $cart_type $git_uri" 
# in order to quickly initialize an openshift gear
# with an openshift-compatible cart (via a git repo uri).
#
# 'git' and 'rhc' command-line tools are required:
function rhclone()
{
  rhc app create $1 $2 && cd $1 && git remote add upstream -m master $3 && git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master && git push
}
export rhclone