Create new github repo from command line

Note: While the below is a great way to do it yourself, hauleth suggested Hub which does all this and more!

Create a new shell script called "git-create"

#!/bin/sh

repo_name=$1
test -z $repo_name && echo "Repo name required." 1>&2 && exit 1

curl -u 'your_github_username' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"$repo_name\"}"

As tchaudhri mentioned in the comments, don't forget to make the above script executable by running chmod +x git-create.

Make sure you save it somewhere on your PATH. If you don't have a directory for custom shell scripts on your PATH, you can save it in ~/bin and then add that to your PATH by editing ~/.bash_profile as follows:

PATH=$PATH:~/bin
export PATH

Now you can easily create a new github repo from with the following command:

git create mynewrepo

If you assume this command is run from a valid local git repo (or the folder containing what should become the repo) you can add the following lines to "git-create" to automatically add the remote:

git init
git remote add origin "https://github.com/your_github_username/$repo_name.git"

git init is safe and won't mess anything up if the local repo already exists.

Enjoy!

Again, Hub recommended by hauleth does all this and more!