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RE: git client enhancement request

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rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date
May 13, 2024, 19:09 UTC
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On Monday, May 13, 2024 1:56 PM, Sean Allred wrote:
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><lbdyck@gmail.com> writes:
>> I would like to see the option to allow the git client to request the
>> creation of a new empty git repository on the git server without
>> having to open the web interface to the git server to define a new
>> repository.
>>
>> Perhaps something like:  git server-repo public/private name
>
>Is this even technically feasible? My understanding is that storage implementations
>of each forge vary *wildly*. I don't believe this would be under Git's ability to
>implement as a project.
>
>You might look into combining your preferred forge's CLI with git
>aliases:
>
>  - GitHub has 'gh': https://cli.github.com
>  - GitLab has 'glab' https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/editor_extensions/gitlab_cli
>
>so you could alias
>
>    git config alias.server-repo '!gh repo create'
>
>to get something of what you want.
>
>I believe GitLab also has a feature where you can create repositories just by pushing
>an existing repository to an empty project path.

Please have a look at the github/bitbucket/gitlab/azuregit REST API for doing what you are trying to do. There is no specific "git client" function as git is symmetrical. --Randall

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  1. lbdyck@gmail.comMay 13, 2024
  2. Sean AllredMay 13, 2024
  3. lbdyck@gmail.comMay 13, 2024
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2024
  5. lbdyck@gmail.comMay 13, 2024
  6. brian m. carlsonMay 13, 2024
  7. rsbecker@nexbridge.comMay 13, 2024
  8. lbdyck@gmail.comMay 13, 2024

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