Is it possible to create a remote repo on GitHub from the CLI without opening browser

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I created a new local Git repository      mkdir projectname    cd projectname    git init    touch file1    git add file1    git commit -m  first commit    Is there any git command to create a new remote repo and push my commit to GitHub from here  I know it s no big deal to just fire up a browser and head over to Create a New Repository  but if there is a way to achieve this from the CLI I would be happy   I read a vast amount of articles but none that I found mention how to create a remote repo from the CLI using git commands  Tim Lucas s nice article Setting up a new remote git repository is the closest I found  but GitHub does not provide shell access

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Found this solution which I liked  https   medium com  jakehasler how-to-create-a-remote-git-repo-from-the-command-line-2d6857f49564  You first need to create a Github Personal Access Token  Open up your    bash profile or    bashrc in your favorite text editor  Add the following line near the top of your file  where the rest of the export    ed variables are   export GITHUB API TOKEN  lt your-token-here gt   Somewhere below  by your other bash functions  you can paste something similar to the following   function new-git         curl -X POST https   api github com user repos -u  lt your-username gt   GITHUB API TOKEN -d    name     1         Now  whenever you   re creating a new project  you can run the command   new-git awesome-repo to create a new public remote repository on your Github user account

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I ve created a Git alias to do this  based on Bennedich s answer  Add the following to your    gitconfig    github      user    your github username   alias        Creates a new Github repo under the account specified by github user        The remote repo name is taken from the local repo s directory name        Note  Referring to the current directory works because Git executes     shell commands in the repo root directory      hub-new-repo     python3 -c  from subprocess import    import os  from os path import    user   check output    git      config      --get      github user     decode   utf8    strip    repo   splitext basename os getcwd     0   check call    curl      -u    user    https   api github com user repos      -d            name           0          format repo     --fail      check call    git      remote      add      origin      git github com  0   1  git   format user  repo     check call    git      push      origin      master         To use it  run    git hub-new-repo   from anywhere inside the local repository  and enter your Github password when prompted

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If you install defunkt s excellent Hub tool  then this becomes as easy as  git create  In the words of the author   hub is a command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub

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Both  the accepted answer and the most-voted answer so far are now outdated  Password authentication is deprecated and it will be removed on November 13  2020 at 16 00 UTC  The way to use GitHub API now is via personal access tokens  You need to  replace ALL CAPS keywords    Create a personal access token via the website  Yes  you have to use the browser  but it is only once for all future accesses  Store the token securely  Create the repo via  curl -H  Authorization  token MY ACCESS TOKEN  https   api github com user repos  -d    quot name quot   quot REPO quot     or  to make it private from the start  curl -H  Authorization  token MY ACCESS TOKEN  https   api github com user repos -d    quot name quot   quot REPO quot    quot private quot   quot true quot      Add the new origin and push to it   git remote add origin git github com USER REPO git git push origin master  This has the disadvantage that you have to type the token each time  and that it appears in your bash history  To avoid this  you can  Store the header in a file  let s call it  say  HEADER FILE   Authorization  token MY ACCESS TOKEN   Have curl read from the file  curl -H  HEADER FILE https   api github com user repos -d    quot name quot   quot REPO quot      public repo curl -H  HEADER FILE https   api github com user repos -d    quot name quot   quot REPO quot    quot private quot   quot true quot      private repo   To make things more secure  you could set access permissions to 400 and the user to root  chmod 400 HEADER FILE sudo chown root root HEADER FILE   Now sudo will be needed to access the header file  sudo curl -H  HEADER FILE https   api github com user repos -d    quot name quot   quot REPO quot      public repo sudo curl -H  HEADER FILE https   api github com user repos -d    quot name quot   quot REPO quot    quot private quot   quot true quot      private repo

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For users with two-factor authentication  you can use bennedich s solution  but you just need to add the X-Github-OTP header for the first command  Replace CODE with the code that you get from the two-factor authentication provider  Replace USER and REPO with the username and name of the repository  as you would in his solution   curl -u  USER  -H  X-GitHub-OTP  CODE  -d    name   REPO    https   api github com user repos git remote add origin git github com USER REPO git git push origin master

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This can be done with three commands   curl -u  nyeates  https   api github com user repos -d    name   projectname   description   This project is a test    git remote add origin git github com nyeates projectname git git push origin master    updated for v3 Github API     Explanation of these commands     Create github repo      curl -u  nyeates  https   api github com user repos -d    name   projectname   description   This project is a test       curl is a unix command  above works on mac too  that retrieves and interacts with URLs  It is commonly already installed   -u  is a curl parameter that specifies the user name and password to use for server authentication     If you just give the user name  as shown in example above  curl will prompt for a password  If you do not want to have to type in the password  see githubs api documentation on Authentication   -d  is a curl parameter that allows you to send POST data with the request   You are sending POST data in githubs defined API format   name  is the only POST data required  I like to also include  description  I found that it was good to quote all POST data with single quotes        Define where to push to  git remote add origin git github com nyeates projectname git    add definition for location and existance of connected  remote  repo on github  origin  is a default name used by git for where the source came from   technically didnt come from github  but now the github repo will be the source of record   git github com nyeates  is a ssh connection that assumes you have already setup a trusted ssh keypair with github    Push local repo to github  git push origin master    push to the origin remote  github  from the master local branch

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Update 20200714 Github has a new official CLI      gh is a new project that helps us explore what an official GitHub CLI tool can look like with a fundamentally different design  While both tools bring GitHub to the terminal  hub behaves as a proxy to git  and gh is a standalone tool   The core difference from hub is that this does not wrap over existing git commands  So  you can not alias git to gh like you can with hub   We didn t add it to hub because we decided to design GitHub CLI differently than being a git wrapper  i e  as its own command  It turns out  maintaining an executable that s a proxy to git is hard to maintain  and also we didn t want to be limited by having to always keep git compatibility  We didn t want to build GitHub CLI on a paradigm that is brittle from the start   -- mislav  Maintainer of hub  Original answer What you need is hub  Hub is a command-line wrapper for git  It has been made to integrate with native git using alias  It tries to provide github actions into git including creating new repository     create a repo for a new project   git init   git add    amp  amp  git commit -m  quot It begins  quot    git create -d  quot My new thing quot      creates a new project on GitHub with the name of current directory    git push origin master

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Based on the other answer by  Mechanical Snail  except without the use of python  which I found to be wildly overkill  Add this to your    gitconfig    github      user    your-name-here   alias      hub-new-repo     REPO   basename  PWD  GHUSER   git config --get github user   curl -u  GHUSER https   api github com user repos -d      name          REPO      --fail  git remote add origin git github com  GHUSER  REPO git  git push origin master

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For directions on creating a token  go here This is the command you will type  as of the date of this answer   replace all CAPS keywords    curl -u  YOUR USERNAME  -d    scopes    repo    note   YOUR NOTE    https   api github com authorizations   Once you enter your password you will see the following which contains your token         app          name    YOUR NOTE  API         url    http   developer github com v3 oauth  oauth-authorizations-api          note url   null     note    YOUR NOTE      scopes          repo          created at    2012-10-04T14 17 20Z      token    xxxxx      updated at    2012-10-04T14 17 20Z      id   xxxxx     url    https   api github com authorizations 697577      You can revoke your token anytime by going here

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With Github s official new command line interface   gh repo create   See additional details and options and installation instructions     For instance  to complete your git workflow   mkdir project cd project git init touch file git add file git commit -m  Initial commit  gh repo create git push -u origin master

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create a new repository on the command line  echo     lt RepositoryName gt    gt  gt  README md  git init  git add README md  git commit -m  first commit   git remote add origin https   github com    lt gituserID gt   lt RepositoryName gt    git  git push -u origin master     push an existing repository from the command line  git remote add origin https   github com    lt gituserID gt   lt RepositoryName gt    git  git push -u origin master

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Finally  it happened GitHub has officially announced their new CLI for all the core features  check here  https   cli github com  To install via HomeBrew  brew install gh for other Ways   https   github com cli cli installation then gh repo create  Other available features    gh --help  Work seamlessly with GitHub from the command line   USAGE   gh  lt command gt   lt subcommand gt   flags   CORE COMMANDS   gist        Create gists   issue       Manage issues   pr          Manage pull requests   release     Manage GitHub releases   repo        Create  clone  fork  and view repositories  ADDITIONAL COMMANDS   alias       Create command shortcuts   api         Make an authenticated GitHub API request   auth        Login  logout  and refresh your authentication   completion  Generate shell completion scripts   config      Manage configuration for gh   help        Help about any command  FLAGS   --help      Show help for command   --version   Show gh version  EXAMPLES     gh issue create     gh repo clone cli cli     gh pr checkout 321  ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES   See  gh help environment  for the list of supported environment variables   LEARN MORE   Use  gh  lt command gt   lt subcommand gt  --help  for more information about a command    Read the manual at https   cli github com manual  FEEDBACK   Open an issue using  gh issue create -R cli cli   So now you can create repo from your terminal

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You can create a GitHub repo via the command line using the GitHub API  Check out the repository API  If you scroll down about a third of the way  you ll see a section entitled  Create  that explains how to create a repo via the API  right above that is a section that explains how to fork a repo with the API  too   Obviously you can t use git to do this  but you can do it via the command line with a tool like curl   Outside of the API  there s no way to create a repo on GitHub via the command line  As you noted  GitHub doesn t allow shell access  etc   so aside from the GitHub API  the only way to create a repo is through GitHub s web interface

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For rep reasons  I can t add this as a comment  where it would better go with bennedich s answer   but for Windows command line  here is the correct syntax   curl -u YOUR USERNAME https   api github com user repos -d     name     YOUR REPO NAME      It s the same basic form  but you have to use double quotes     instead of single  and escape the double quotes sent in the POST parameters  after the -d flag  with backslashes   I also removed the single quotes around my username  but if your username had a space  possible   it would probably need double quotes

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I wrote a nifty script for this called Gitter using the REST APIs for GitHub and BitBucket    https   github com dderiso gitter  BitBucket    gitter -c -r b -l javascript -n node app   GitHub    gitter -c -r g -l javascript -n node app    -c   create new repo -r   repo provider  g   GitHub  b   BitBucket  -n   name the repo -l    optional  set the language of the app in the repo

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There is an official github gem which  I think  does this  I ll try to add more information as I learn  but I m only just now discovering this gem  so I don t know much yet   UPDATE  After setting my API key  I am able to create a new repo on github via the create command  however I am not able to use the create-from-local command  which is supposed to take the current local repo and make a corresponding remote out on github     gh create-from-local   gt  error creating repository   If anyone has some insight on this  I d love to know what I m doing wrong  There s already an issue filed   UPDATE  I did eventually get this to work  I m not exactly sure how to re-produce the issue  but I just started from scratch  deleted the  git folder   git init git add  emacs git commit -a -m  adding emacs    Now this line will create the remote repo and even push to it  but unfortunately I don t think I can specify the name of the repo I d like  I wanted it to be called  dotfiles  out on github  but the gh gem just used the name of the current folder  which was  jason  since I was in my home folder   I added a ticket asking for the desired behavior   gh create-from-local   This command  on the other hand  does accept an argument to specify the name of the remote repo  but it s intended for starting a new project from scratch  i e  after you call this command  you get a new remote repo that s tracking a local repo in a newly-created subfolder relative to your current position  both with the name specified as the argument   gh create dotfiles

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For Rubyists   gem install githubrepo githubrepo create  reponame    enter username and pw as prompted  git remote add origin  ctrl v  git push origin master   Source  Elikem Adadevoh

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For all the Python 2 7   users  There is a Python wrapper around the Github API that is currently on Version 3  called GitPython  Simply install using easy install PyGithub or pip install PyGithub   from github import Github g   Github your-email-addr  your-passwd  repo   g get user   user create repo  your-new-repos-name      Make use of Repository object  repo    The Repository object docs are here

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Nope  you have to open a browser atleast once to create your username on GitHub  once created  you can leverage GitHub API to create repositories from command line  following below command   curl -u  github-username  https   api github com user repos -d    name   repo-name      For example   curl -u  arpitaggarwal  https   api github com user repos -d    name   command-line-repo

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CLI commands for github API v3  replace all CAPS keywords    curl -u  USER  https   api github com user repos -d    name   REPO      Remember replace USER with your username and REPO with your repository application name  git remote add origin git github com USER REPO git git push origin master

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To Quickly Create the Remote Repository by Using a Bash Shell  It is cumbersome to type the complete code every time a repository is to be created   curl -u  USER  https   api github com user repos -d    name   REPO    git remote add origin git github com USER REPO git git push origin master   An easier approach is    create a shell script in a directory i e   home USER NAME Desktop my scripts named githubscript sh Modify and save the following code to the githubscript sh file      bin bash curl -u  YOUR GITHUB USER NAME  https   api github com user repos -d     name      1      git init  git remote add origin git github com YOUR GITHUB USER NAME  1 git   N B  Here  1 is the repository name that is passed as an argument when invoking the script Change YOUR GITHUB USER NAME before saving the script    Set required permissions to the script file  chmod 755 githubscript sh  Include the scripts directory in the environment configuration file   nano    profile  export PATH   PATH  HOME Desktop my scripts   Also set an alias to run the githubscript sh file   nano    bashrc  alias githubrepo  bash githubscript sh   Now reload the  bashrc and  profile files in the terminal   source    bashrc    profile   Now to create a new repository i e  demo   githubrepo demo

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here is my initial git commands  possibly  this action takes place in C  Documents and Settings your username     mkdir   Hello-World   Creates a directory for your project called  Hello-World  in your user directory cd   Hello-World   Changes the current working directory to your newly created directory touch blabla html   create a file  named blabla html git init   Sets up the necessary Git files git add blabla html   Stages your blabla html file  adding it to the list of files to be committed git commit -m  first committttt    Commits your files  adding the message  git remote add origin https   github com username Hello-World git   Creates a remote named  origin  pointing at your GitHub repository git push -u origin master   Sends your commits in the  master  branch to GitHub

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Simple steps  using git   hub    GitHub     Install Hub  GitHub     OS X  brew install hub having Go  go get github com github hub otherwise  having Go as well    git clone https   github com github hub git  amp  amp  cd hub  amp  amp    script build   Go to your repo or create empty one  mkdir foo  amp  amp  cd foo  amp  amp  git init  Run  hub create  it ll ask you about GitHub credentials for the first time   Usage  hub create  -p   -d DESCRIPTION   -h HOMEPAGE   NAME   Example  hub create -d Description -h example com org name foo repo     Hub will prompt for GitHub username  amp  password the first time it needs to access the API and exchange it for an OAuth token  which it saves in    config hub       To explicitly name the new repository  pass in NAME    optionally in ORGANIZATION NAME form to create under an organization   you re a member of       With -p  create a private repository  and with   -d and -h set the repository s description and homepage URL  respectively       To avoid being prompted  use GITHUB USER and GITHUB PASSWORD environment variables   Then commit and push as usual or check hub commit hub push    For more help  run  hub help   See also  Importing a Git repository using the command line at GitHub

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Disclamier  I m the author of the open source project  This functionality is supported by  https   github com chrissound Human-Friendly-Commands essentially it is this script      usr bin env bash    Create a repo named by the current directory   Accepts 1 STRING parameter for the repo description   Depends on bin  jq   Depends on env  GITHUB USER  GITHUB API TOKEN github createRepo       projName    basename   PWD      json   jq -n       --arg name   projName        --arg description   1           name   name   description   description       curl -u   GITHUB USER    GITHUB API TOKEN  https   api github com user repos -d   json    git init   git remote add origin git github com   GITHUB USER    projName  git   git push origin master

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