I finally started to use Github. That will make my life easier for sure. I found git and github a bit hard to apprehend at start, until a colleague sent me the link to this great online training made by Code School and sponsored by Github. I way want to try it… Well… it’s called “Try Github” by the way: https://try.github.io/
I plan to use Github for all the little scripts and files I will be creating. Much more convenient. than syncing with any kind of cloud repository like Nextcloud. As I want to use both private and public github, I had to subscribe to github…
So, you might get it, I will create multiple gits and github repos, and as I’m lazy, I don’t want to remember and to type all commands everytime. 
Therefore I made that little scripts to help.
This script will create a github folder in your home directory if it does not exist, then it will create a new subfolder, and finally, create a github repository on your account, private or public, and link both. You then just have to share the link and start using it.
And obviously, the script, along with other scripts I’ll do in the future, will be available on my github repository called Superkikim (yep… that’s me) Useful-Scripts: https://github.com/Superkikim/Useful-Scripts. That one is public. Well. You can also find the script below. Feel free to share and enjoy.
#!/bin/sh
###############################################################################
#
# Author: Akim Sissaoui
# Website: https://akim.sissaoui.com/informatique
#
# Description:
# This script ease the github repository creation
# It will create a github folder in your home folder if it does not exist
# Then it will create a new folder based on $1 variable, make it a git
# repo and create a github repository on your github account. $2 allow you
# to specify public or private.
#
# Requirement:
# This scripts use SSH to retrieve your github username, therefore,
# authentication via SSH to github according to following URL is required:
#
# https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/
#
# An API token has been generated from https://github.com/settings/tokens and
# added into textfile. Token needs admin tree permissions
#
# ~/.github
#
# Usage:
# ./git-create.sh [repo name] [type]
#
# [repo name] required: Repositery name. Must follow Github repository
# name requirements
# [type] optional: private or public. Default is private
#
# Example:
#
# Below example will create MyApp Github repository as private
#
# ./git-create.sh MyApp private
#
#
# Below example will create MyCreation Github repository as public
#
# ./git-create.sh MyCreation public
#
###############################################################################
# Parse parameters
reponame=$1
private=$2
# Check reponame
if [ -z $reponame ]
then
echo "Repository name is required. Exiting"
exit 1
fi
# Define if private or public
if [ -z $private ]
then
private="true"
else
case $private in
private)
private="true"
;;
public)
private="false"
;;
*)
echo "[type] parameter not recognized. Exiting."
exit 1
esac
fi
# Create github folder in the current user home folder if it does not exist
if [ ! -d ~/github ]; then
mkdir ~/github
fi
# Test the ssh authentication and save the result in the $git_user variable
git_user=$(ssh -T git@github.com -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" 2>&1 > /dev/null)
# Verify if ssh connection was successfull
success=`grep -c successfully <<< "$git_user"`
# If ssh connection was successful, parse username otherwise exit with exit code 1
if [ $success -eq 1 ]
then
git_user=`echo $git_user | sed -e 's/.*Hi //' -e 's/You.*//'`
git_user=${git_user%??}
else
echo "ssh authentication failed. Please verify ssh authentication."
exit 1
fi
# Check if repository exists
for repo in $(curl -s -H "Authorization: token `cat ~/.github`" https://api.github.com/user/repos | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | grep .git)
do
if [ $reponame = $(echo $repo | sed -e 's/.*///' -e 's/.git.*//') ]
then
echo "Repository with name $reponame already exists. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
done
# Check if local folder already exit
if [ -d ~/github/$reponame ]
then
echo "Folder ~/github/$reponame already exist. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
# Create local folder repository
mkdir ~/github/$reponame
cd ~/github/$reponame
git init
# Create remote repository
curl -H "Authorization: token `cat ~/.github`" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{"name":"$reponame","private":$private}"
git remote add origin https://github.com/$git_user/$reponame.git
echo "Repository $reponame has been created in ~/github/$reponame and as remote repository at https://github.com/$git_user/$reponame"
if [ $private = "true" ]
then
echo "This is a private repository."
fi
echo
echo "You can now add files, commit and push to populate the remote repository"
echo
exit 0