GitHub Friendly Repo Creator/Initializer

Create git repository for GitHub style:

• README.md (as seen here!)
• LICENSE
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (optional)
• .bumpversion.toml file injection (optional)

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Installation

Install from source;

go install github.com/vigo/git-init-githubrepo/cmd/git-init-githubrepo@latest

or

brew install vigo/git-init-githubrepo/git-init-githubrepo

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Usage

You can use with standard git command. -h, --help or help will display help :)

$ git init-githubrepo -h

NAME:
   git-init-githubrepo - create GitHub friendly git repository with built-in README, LICENSE and more...

USAGE:
   git-init-githubrepo [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   <version-number>

AUTHOR:
   Uğur “vigo” Özyılmazel <ugurozyilmazel@gmail.com>

COMMANDS:
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --bash-completion                  generate bash-completion code (default: false)
   --full-name FULLNAME, -f FULLNAME  your FULLNAME (default: "<your-default-full-name>")
   --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME   your GitHub USERNAME (default: "<your-default-github-user-name>")
   --email EMAIL, -e EMAIL            your contact EMAIL (default: "<your-default-email>")
   --project-name NAME, -p NAME       NAME of your project
   --repository-name NAME, -r NAME    NAME of your GitHub repository
   --license LICENSE, -l LICENSE      add LICENSE (default: "mit")
   --list-licenses, --ll              list licenses (default: false)
   --no-license                       do not add LICENSE file (default: false)
   --disable-fork                     do not add fork information to README (default: false)
   --disable-bumpversion              do not create .bumpversion.cfg and badge to README (default: false)
   --disable-coc                      do not add CODE_OF_CONDUCT (default: false)
   --help, -h                         show help
   --version, -v                      print the version

AVALILABLE LICENSES (9):

  - `apache-20`: Apache License 2.0
  - `bsl-10`: Boost Software License 1.0
  - `gnu-agpl30`: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
  - `gnu-gpl30`: GNU General Public License v3.0
  - `gnu-lgpl30`: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
  - `mit`: MIT
  - `mit-na`: MIT No Attribution
  - `moz-p20`: Mozilla Public License 2.0
  - `unli`: The Unlicense

EXAMPLES:

  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world"
  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world" --disable-fork
  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world" --disable-fork --disable-bumpversion
  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world" --disable-fork --disable-bumpversion --disable-coc
  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world" --disable-fork --disable-bumpversion --disable-coc --no-license
  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world" --license gnu-agpl30
  $ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world" --license moz-p20

Command fetches some variables from git configuration as default.

• --full-name: default is your git config user.name if exists
• --username: default is your git config github.user if exists
• --email: default is your git config user.email if exists. Email will be used for CODE_OF_CONDUCT file.
• --license: default license type is mit.
• --no-license do not add license information to README and do not create LICENSE file
• --disable-fork: do not add fork information to README
• --disable-bumpversion: do not create .bumpversion.cfg file
• --disable-coc: do not create add code of conduct information README and do not create CODE_OF_CONDUCT file

Required flags are:

• --project-name: Name of your project (title of your project)
• --repository-name: The name you gave when creating the project on GitHub (ex: github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORYNAME)

Let’s start a new project. Let’s cd to /tmp:

$ git init-githubrepo -p "My Awesome Project" -r "hello-world"
your new project is ready at /tmp/hello-world
$ ls -al /tmp/hello-world/
total 16K
drwxr-xr-x  7 vigo wheel  224 Jun 14 13:15 .
drwxrwxrwt 23 root wheel  736 Jun 14 13:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x  9 vigo wheel  288 Jun 14 13:15 .git
-rwxr-xr-x  1 vigo wheel  182 Jun 14 13:15 .bumpversion.toml
-rwxr-xr-x  1 vigo wheel 3.2K Jun 14 13:15 CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
-rwxr-xr-x  1 vigo wheel 1.1K Jun 14 13:15 LICENSE.md
-rwxr-xr-x  1 vigo wheel  942 Jun 14 13:15 README.md

For bash-completion add:

eval "$(git-init-githubrepo --bash-completion)"

to your bash profile! (bash completion automatically shipped with brew tap!)

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Contributor(s)

• Uğur Özyılmazel - Creator, maintainer
• Yiğithan Karabulut - Contributor

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Contribute

All PR’s are welcome!

1. fork (https://github.com/vigo/git-init-githubrepo/fork)
2. Create your branch (git checkout -b my-feature)
3. commit yours (git commit -am 'add some functionality')
4. push your branch (git push origin my-feature)
5. Than create a new Pull Request!

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License

This project is licensed under MIT

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This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.