scripts to help change the default branch in PHP projects

clone_and_go.php

<?php

passthru("cd ".__DIR__);
if (!isset($argv[1])) {
    throw new Exception("no argument?");
}

$repo = $argv[1];
$directory = "4_".basename($repo, '.git');
var_dump($repo, $directory);

passthru("git clone $repo $directory");
echo "clone finished";
chdir($directory);

require(__DIR__ . '/update_repository_branch.php');

update_repository_branch.php

<?php

$newDefaultBranch = "develop";

$currentDirectory = getcwd();
$composerJsonPath = $currentDirectory."/composer.json";
echo $composerJsonPath;
$composerLockPath = $currentDirectory."/composer.lock";

$composerJson = json_decode(file_get_contents($composerJsonPath),true);
if (!isset($composerJson['extra'])) {
    $composerJson['extra'] = [];
}
if (!isset($composerJson['extra']['branch-alias'])) {
    $composerJson['extra']['branch-alias'] = [];
}
$composerJson['extra']['branch-alias']['dev-master'] = $newDefaultBranch; 
file_put_contents($composerJsonPath, json_encode($composerJson, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES ));
if(file_exists($composerLockPath)) {
    $command = 'composer update --lock --ignore-platform-reqs';
    echo $command;
    passthru($command);
    passthru('git add composer.lock');

}
passthru('git add composer.json');
passthru('git commit -m "update branch Alias"');
passthru('git checkout -b '.$newDefaultBranch);

//passthru('git push origin master');
//passthru('git push origin '.$newDefaultBranch);