creating remote repo from command line

Many times it has happened I have created a git repository  locally and then I need to push it to remote on github.com

having to go to a browser, open github.com is kind of hassle for those who do not want to leave terminal.

So here is something neat I have learned.

The first line creates github repo.

• curl is a unix command (above works on mac too) that retrieves and interacts with URLs. It is commonly already installed.
• "-u" is a curl parameter that specifies the user name and password to use for server authentication. 
  • If you just give the user name curl will prompt for a password.
  • If you do not want to have to type in the password, see githubs api documentation on Authentication
• "-d" is a curl parameter that allows you to send POST data with the request
  
• You are sending POST data in githubs defined API format
• "name" is the only POST data required; I like to also include "description"
• I found that it was good to quote all POST data with single quotes ' '
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Define where to push togit remote add origin git@github.com:sanfx/projectname.git

• add definition for location and existance of connected (remote) repo on github
• "origin" is a default name used by git for where the source came from
  
• technically didnt come from github, but now the github repo will be the source of record
• "git@github.com:sanfx" is a ssh connection that assumes you have already setup a trusted ssh keypair with github.

Push local repo to githubgit push origin master

• push to the origin remote (github) from the master local branch

if successful will return the following output:

give it a try and if you have any question post it in comments below. Cheers.