github.init

Generate a new GitHub repository in 3 seconds (literally). There are a lot of customizations to do for a new repository, and this tool just solves the first problem for you.

Supported licenses

• empty license
• Apache 2.0
• MIT
• GPLv2
• GPLv3
• BSD2
• BSD3
• CC0
• Unlicense

To generate

The script and the templates themselves are self-deleting, but I assure you that this is very safe.

$ git clone https://github.com/poyea/github.init.git
$ cd github.init
$ python --version
Python 3.9.0
$ ./kickstart.py -h
usage: kickstart.py [-h] [-q quiet] [--dir path] --name name --author author --license name --readme type

Kickstart your GitHub project!

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -q quiet              suppress warning
  --dir path, -d path   target directory
  --name name, -n name  your project name
  --author author, -a author
                        your name
  --license name, -l name
                        license to be used
  --readme type, -r type
                        type of README.md to be used
$ ./kickstart.py \
    --license "Apache 2.0" \
    -r "left" \
    -n "your cool project" \
    -a "your name" \
    -r "left" \
    -d "../new_project"
$ cd .. && mv -T github.init your_cool_project   # Optional if directory is not set

and it's ready to gooooo!

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License

This repository is licensed under MIT. See also LICENSE for details.