cr

The cr script is a simple tool to create new private GitHub repositories in your GitHub account or organization directly from the command line. It uses the GitHub API and curl.

Installation

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/jonatkinson/cr && cd cr

Copy the cr script to /usr/local/bin, or ~/bin/ or somewhere on your PATH to make it globally accessible, and then executable. This operation might require sudo.

$ sudo cp ./cr /usr/local/bin
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cr

Generate a GitHub personal access token (PAT) with repo and admin:org permissions. Save the token in ~/.config/cr/config:

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/cr
$ echo "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN" > ~/.config/cr/config

Set your default organisation:

$ echo "your-default-org" > ~/.config/cr/organisation

Usage

$ cr <repo-name>
$ cr <org-name> <repo-name>

Example Usage

$ cr myorg myrepo
Repository 'myrepo' created successfully in organization 'myorg'.