a hack to gain 80 percent efficiency when creating github projects

Last night I decided to learn how to use git for its popularity and github to code more socially.

I have to admit early on that I enjoy hg and bitbucket so it came to a surprise that github would have me jump through hoops to create a new repository...

Below I have copied the seemingly bloated github instructions for creating a new project.

Github:

create project/repo using the form
mkdir scratch
cd scratch
git init
touch README
git add README
git commit -m 'first commit'
git remote add origin
git@github.com:russellballestrini/scratch.git
git push -u origin master

Wow...

I like my method better.

My Github clone hack:

create project/repo using the form
git clone https://russellballestrini@github.com/russellballestrini/scratch.git

Awesome, 2 steps versus 10. That hack appears 80% more efficient! Now if only my name was shorter... LOL

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Mon 11 July 2011

Tags: Code, Guide

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