creating a new repository in github using git bash code example

Example 1: set up git repository

# New local repository
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

# New remote repository
# Create remote repository (likely on github), then:
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/new_repo #https
git remote add origin [email protected]:username/new_repo #ssh
# Now push
git push -u origin master

Example 2: create github repo with bash

winpty curl -H 'Authorization: token [GENERATED_TOKEN]' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"[REPO_NAME_YOU_WANT]"}'

# follow steps here to generate token:
https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line

# note : you can add parameters to you command to set a description, switch to private, etc...