Answer by Zaz for Create a repo in Gitlab using CLI

Add export GITLAB_API_TOKEN=______ to your .bashrc or relevant file, then run:

curl --request POST -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_API_TOKEN}" \  -H "Content-Type:application/json" \"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects" \  -d "{ \"name\":\"test\", \"description\":\"Description.\" }"