(I should probably rename this category from VSCode to Workflow or something)

I was feeling extra lazy today so I wanted to create something that helps me create new repos. (yes, I am aware that I have ~90 repos right now…)

Github has a CLI tool so I wanted to use that to speed up my workflow a bit. Here's what you can do:

• 1. Download the Github CLI tool.

• 2. Set up a template repository. Basically create a nice repo that will act as a base, in settings turn it into a template.

• 3. Run a command to add an alias to gh (the Github CLI tool):

gh alias set --shell n 'gh repo create "$1" --template henrikvilhelmberglund/sveltekit-unocss-template --public --clone && cd "$1" && code -r .'

…??? 🐱

Ok, let me explain.

gh alias set is the command to create a new alias for the Github CLI tool. I want to do stuff in the shell so I pass --shell .

n is the name of my new command.

After that I paste everything I want to do surrounded by single quotes ”.

gh repo create "$1" means that I'm creating a repo where the name is whatever I type in after I run the command using gh n repo-name-here for example. In this case $1 is repo-name-here

--template henrikvilhelmberglund/sveltekit-unocss-template is how you specify the template to use. The syntax is --template owner/repo .

--public means it's a public repo. You can also use --private .

--clone means that it will clone the repo to the local machine. Note , make sure you are in the correct folder before running the alias. (in my case C:/Github )

&& cd "$1" means that after the previous command is done, change the directory to $1 (aka the folder we just created).

&& code -r . means that after we have changed the directory, open the folder in VSCode reusing the same window.

All that command means we create a public repo using a template, clone it, enter the folder, then open VSCode in that folder so the folder is our new workspace. Perfect!

After doing so I don't have to do some silly stuff in Github.com, I can just run gh n my-new-repo from my VSCode terminal and it'll create and clone the project for me. Being lazy sure is nice!

• 4. Success! I hope it helped!