Bash script to create empty github repository

git-create.bash

git-create(){
  repo_name=$1
  dir_name=`basename $(pwd)`

  if [ "$repo_name" = "" ]; then
    echo -n "Repo name [$dir_name]?: "
    read repo_name
  fi

  if [ "$repo_name" = "" ]; then
    repo_name=$dir_name
  fi

  username=`git config user.name`
  if [ "$username" = "" ]; then
    echo -n "Could not find username, run 'git config --global user.name <username>'"
    return 1
  fi

  token=`git config user.token`
  if [ "$token" = "" ]; then
    echo -n "Could not find token, run 'git config --global user.token <token>'"
    return 1
  fi
  echo -n "Creating Github repository '$repo_name'..."
  curl -u "$username:$token" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"'$repo_name'"}' > /dev/null 2>&1
  echo "Done."

  echo -n "Adding remote..."
  git remote add origin git@github.com:$username/$repo_name.git
  echo "Done."
}