From ed75014df6e75b44ee8a31bcedf53fda63fcba7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trey Bastian <hello@treybastian.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 20:59:08 +0100
Subject: added support for a description and testing out claude

---
 git-shell-commands/new-repo | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'git-shell-commands/new-repo')

diff --git a/git-shell-commands/new-repo b/git-shell-commands/new-repo
index c2c454a..80f7ec9 100755
--- a/git-shell-commands/new-repo
+++ b/git-shell-commands/new-repo
@@ -3,27 +3,45 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # this script creates a bare git repository on the git server
 #
 # USAGE:
-# ssh git@<host> new-repo <name>
+# ssh git@<host> new-repo <name> [--description <desc>]
 #
 # EXAMPLES:
 # ssh git@treybastian.com new-repo myrepo
 # ssh git@treybastian.com new-repo myrepo.git
+# ssh git@treybastian.com new-repo myrepo --description "my cool repo"
 
 usage() {
-  echo "Usage: new-repo <name>"
+  echo "Usage: new-repo <name> [--description <desc>]"
   echo ""
   echo "Examples:"
   echo "  new-repo myrepo"
   echo "  new-repo myrepo.git"
+  echo "  new-repo myrepo --description \"my cool repo\""
   exit 1
 }
 
-if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
-  echo "Error: expected 1 argument, got $#"
+if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
+  echo "Error: expected at least 1 argument, got $#"
   usage
 fi
 
 PROJECT_NAME="$1"
+DESCRIPTION=""
+shift
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --description)
+      [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || { echo "Error: --description requires a value"; usage; }
+      DESCRIPTION="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Error: unknown flag '$1'"
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
 
 if [[ "$PROJECT_NAME" != *.git ]]; then
   PROJECT_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}.git"
@@ -36,6 +54,10 @@ fi
 
 git --bare init "$PROJECT_NAME"
 
+if [ -n "$DESCRIPTION" ]; then
+  echo "$DESCRIPTION" > "${PROJECT_NAME}/description"
+fi
+
 echo "repo created: $PROJECT_NAME"
 echo "git url: ${USER}@${HOSTNAME}:${PROJECT_NAME}"
 
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