new() — Scaffold a new Laravel application with sensible defaults.

laravel-new.zsh

#
# new() — Scaffold a new Laravel application with sensible defaults.
#
# Creates a fresh Laravel project in the current directory, initializes a Git
# repository, creates a matching GitHub repository under your personal account,
# and pushes the initial commit — all in a single command.
#
# Defaults baked in:
#   • MySQL as the database driver
#   • Pest as the testing framework
#   • Laravel Boost for AI-assisted coding
#   • NPM for installing and building front-end dependencies
#   • Git initialized with an initial commit on the `main` branch
#   • GitHub repository created (private by default) and pushed to `origin`
#   • No starter kit — plain Laravel scaffold
#
# Usage:
#   new <project-name>            # Creates a private GitHub repo
#   new <project-name> --public   # Creates a public GitHub repo
#
# Examples:
#   new my-app                    # → github.com/<you>/my-app (private)
#   new client-portal --public    # → github.com/<you>/client-portal (public)
#
# Requirements:
#   • Laravel installer (`composer global require laravel/installer`)
#   • GitHub CLI (`gh`) authenticated via `gh auth login`
#   • Git, PHP, and Node/NPM available on PATH
#
# Notes:
#   • The repository is created under your personal GitHub account. To target
#     an organization, add `--organization=<org-name>` to the `laravel new` call.
#   • Visibility is passed through to `gh repo create` via the `--github=`
#     value, so adjustments to GitHub CLI behavior apply here too.
#
new() {
  if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
    echo "Usage: new <project-name> [--public]" >&2
    return 1
  fi

  local name="$1"
  local github="--github=--private"
  [[ "$2" == "--public" ]] && github="--github=--public"

  laravel new "$name" \
    --database=mysql \
    --pest \
    --boost \
    --npm \
    --git \
    "$github"
}