I am so excited after creating my first repository on github and successfully adding some test files to it from my local machine!
But due to my limited internet connection, I stumbled upon some diffulties.

It took me a lot of time and effort, and there were actually a few times when I thought that I wouldn’t be able to do it. It took me hours, and that is not how much it should have taken to just create a new repository.

So i had a huge challenge - How do I make more repositories and add my files to it without the need of a browser... mmmhhh after some vigorous Googling I came upon a simple command using 'curl'.

Challenge was accepted and at 03:10am I was done creating a badass bash script that would not only create a github repository, it would initialise it and push my files to the repository with only a press of a button.

[sourcecode language="bash"]
#!/bin/bash
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# gitrep-create
#
# The purpose of this script is to generate Github repository via cli instead of going to github.com
# Instructions for use:
# 1. Install github [debian: sudo apt-get install -y git]
# 2. Fill in/Enter details
# git config --global user.name "Your Name"
# git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"
# 3. Generate token on github.com > Settings > Applications > Generate token
#
#
# Copyright 2015 Mpho Mphego <mpho@mphomphego.co.za>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
# MA 02110-1301, USA.
#

function progress(){
echo -n "Please wait..."
while true
do
echo -n "."
sleep 1
done

}

# Note:
# To run from ~/.bash_profile, uncomment function below. and copy code to ~/.bash_profile
# else create script and place it in ~/bin.

#gitrepo-create(){

#trap "killall background" EXIT
repo_name=$1
dir_name=`basename $(pwd)`
username=`git config github.user`
token=`git config github.token`
WGET="/usr/bin/wget"

if [ "$repo_name" = "" ]; then
echo "Repo name (hit enter to use '$dir_name')?"
read repo_name
fi

if [ "$repo_name" = "" ]; then
repo_name=$dir_name
fi

if [ "$username" = "" ]; then
echo "Could not find username, run 'git config --global github.user <username>'"
invalid_credentials=1
fi

echo Git Username: $username

if [ "$token" = "" ]; then
echo "Could not find token, run 'git config --global github.token <token>'"
invalid_credentials=1
fi

echo "Creating Github repository '$repo_name'"
progress &
myself=$!

$WGET -q --tries=10 --timeout=5 http://www.google.com -O /tmp/index.google &> /dev/null
if [ ! -s /tmp/index.google ];then

echo "Check your Internet Connection."
kill $myself &> /dev/null

else
curl -u "$username:$token" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"'$repo_name'"}' > /dev/null 2>&1
kill $myself &> /dev/null
echo -n "...done."
echo " "
echo "Enter 1 to Create new repository."
echo "Enter 2 to Push on existing repository."
read inputs
if [ "$inputs" == "1" ]; then
echo "Creating a new repository."
echo "#" $repo_name >> README.md
git init
echo " "
git add README.md
echo " "
git commit -m "first commit"
echo " "
git remote add origin git@github.com:$username/$repo_name.git
echo " "
git push -u origin master
echo ".......Done........"
fi

if [ "$inputs" == "2" ]; then
echo "Pushing an existing repository"
git remote add origin git@github.com::$username/$repo_name.git
echo " "
git push -u origin master
echo ".......Done........"
fi

fi
#}
[/sourcecode]