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Gh Init — Git skill for Claude Code

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Initialize git repo and push to GitHub.

How to install Gh Init

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/benjaminshoemaker-ai_coding_project_base-gh-init.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benjaminshoemaker/ai_coding_project_base/HEAD/.claude/commands/gh-init.md -o ~/.claude/commands/benjaminshoemaker-ai_coding_project_base-gh-init.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Gh Init does

description: Initialize git repo and push to GitHub. Triggers on new project setup requiring a GitHub repository. argument-hint: [target-directory] allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, AskUserQuestion

Initialize a git repository with smart project detection and optional GitHub remote creation.

Usage

/gh-init              # Initialize in current directory
/gh-init ./my-project # Initialize in specified directory

Steps

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