RE: git client enhancement request

[<lbdyck@gmail.com>]

I understand that there is currently no function such as I'm requesting - but perhaps there could be.


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-----Original Message-----
From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> 
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 2:09 PM
To: 'Sean Allred' <allred.sean@gmail.com>; lbdyck@gmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: git client enhancement request

On Monday, May 13, 2024 1:56 PM, Sean Allred wrote:
><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