Function createFromScratch

pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go:296–436

create new repo on remote host

(opts *CreateOptions)

// create new repo on remote host
func createFromScratch(opts *CreateOptions) error {
	httpClient, err := opts.HttpClient()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var repoToCreate ghrepo.Interface
	cfg, err := opts.Config()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	host, _ := cfg.Authentication().DefaultHost()

	if opts.Interactive {
		opts.Name, opts.Description, opts.Visibility, err = interactiveRepoInfo(httpClient, host, opts.Prompter, "")
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		opts.AddReadme, err = opts.Prompter.Confirm("Would you like to add a README file?", false)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		opts.GitIgnoreTemplate, err = interactiveGitIgnore(httpClient, host, opts.Prompter)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		opts.LicenseTemplate, err = interactiveLicense(httpClient, host, opts.Prompter)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		targetRepo := shared.NormalizeRepoName(opts.Name)
		if idx := strings.IndexRune(opts.Name, '/'); idx > 0 {
			targetRepo = opts.Name[0:idx+1] + shared.NormalizeRepoName(opts.Name[idx+1:])
		}
		confirmed, err := opts.Prompter.Confirm(
			fmt.Sprintf(`This will create "%s" as a %s repository on %s. Continue?`, targetRepo, strings.ToLower(opts.Visibility), host),
			true)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		} else if !confirmed {
			return cmdutil.CancelError
		}
	}

	if strings.Contains(opts.Name, "/") {
		var err error
		repoToCreate, err = ghrepo.FromFullName(opts.Name)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("argument error: %w", err)
		}
	} else {
		repoToCreate = ghrepo.NewWithHost("", opts.Name, host)
	}

	input := repoCreateInput{
		Name:               repoToCreate.RepoName(),