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

Question

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.

Answer 1

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 [email protected]:USER/REPO.git git push origin master 

Answer 2

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.