Re: git client enhancement request

From: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Date: May 13, 2024, 17:56 UTC
Message-ID: <m0pltptx3h.fsf@epic96565.epic.com>
In-Reply-To: <02f201daa547$503df630$f0b9e290$@gmail.com>

<lbdyck@gmail.com> writes:

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> 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.

-- 
Sean Allred