1GH-REPO-CREATE(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-REPO-CREATE(1)
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6 gh-repo-create - Create a new repository
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11 gh repo create [<name>] [flags]
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16 Create a new GitHub repository.
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19 To create a repository interactively, use gh repo create with no argu‐
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23 To create a remote repository non-interactively, supply the repository
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41 Clone the new repository to the current directory
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