gh-repo-create - Man Page

gh repo create [<name>] [flags]

Create a new GitHub repository.

To create a repository interactively, use gh repo create with no arguments.

To create a remote repository non-interactively, supply the repository name and one of --public, --private, or --internal. Pass --clone to clone the new repository locally.

If the OWNER/ portion of the OWNER/REPO name argument is omitted, it defaults to the name of the authenticating user.

To create a remote repository from an existing local repository, specify the source directory with --source. By default, the remote repository name will be the name of the source directory.

Pass --push to push any local commits to the new repository. If the repo is bare, this will mirror all refs.

For language or platform .gitignore templates to use with --gitignore,  ⟨https://github.com/github/gitignore⟩.

For license keywords to use with --license, run gh repo license list or visit  ⟨https://choosealicense.com⟩.

The repo is created with the configured repository default branch, see  ⟨https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-user-account-settings/managing-the-default-branch-name-for-your-repositories⟩.

--add-readme

Add a README file to the new repository

-c,  --clone

Clone the new repository to the current directory

-d, --description <string>

Description of the repository

--disable-issues

Disable issues in the new repository

--disable-wiki

Disable wiki in the new repository

-g, --gitignore <string>

Specify a gitignore template for the repository

-h, --homepage <URL>

Repository home page URL

--include-all-branches

Include all branches from template repository

--internal

Make the new repository internal

-l, --license <string>

Specify an Open Source License for the repository

--private

Make the new repository private

--public

Make the new repository public

--push

Push local commits to the new repository

-r, --remote <string>

Specify remote name for the new repository

-s, --source <string>

Specify path to local repository to use as source

-t, --team <name>

The name of the organization team to be granted access

-p, --template <repository>

Make the new repository based on a template repository

gh repo new

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

# create a repository interactively
gh repo create

# create a new remote repository and clone it locally
gh repo create my-project --public --clone

# create a new remote repository in a different organization
gh repo create my-org/my-project --public

# create a remote repository from the current directory
gh repo create my-project --private --source=. --remote=upstream

gh-repo(1)

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