script that lets you create and then push to remote repo in github. access from inside project root folder <<~/scripts>>/pushToRemote.sh

pushToRemote.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Make executable with chmod +x <<filename.sh>>

CURRENTDIR=${pwd}
# step 1: name of the remote repo. Enter a SINGLE WORD ..or...separate with hyphens
echo "What name do you want to give your remote repo?"
read REPO_NAME

echo "Enter a repo description: "
read DESCRIPTION

echo "What is your github username?"
read USERNAME


# step : add local changes, commit

git add .
git commit -m 'commit prior to pushing to remote'


# Step 5 use github API to log the user in
curl -u ${USERNAME} https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\": \"${REPO_NAME}\", \"description\": \"${DESCRIPTION}\"}"

#  Step 6 add the remote github repo to local repo and push
git remote add origin https://github.com/${USERNAME}/${REPO_NAME}.git
git push --set-upstream origin master

cd "$CURRENTDIR"

echo "Done. Go to https://github.com/$USERNAME/$REPO_NAME to see."