git-std-init.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

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set -e

function lastArgument {
  local args=$*
  if [ $# -gt 0 ]
  then
    argCount=$(($# - 1 ))
    shift $argCount
    echo "$1"
  else
    return 1
  fi
}

args=$*
directory=$(lastArgument "$@" || echo ".")

git init "$args"
cd "$directory"
git commit -m "First empty commit" --allow-empty
git branch base
git branch --set-upstream master base

cd - >/dev/null