This is used to merge one branch with several other branches

deploy.sh

#/bin/bash
# chkconfig: 2345 50 70
SUCCESS=0
FAILURE=1
#
if [ $# -lt 2 ]
then
  echo "Usage: deploy.sh mergeFromBranch {ListOFmergeToBranches}"
  exit $FAILURE
fi

# CHeck if branch exists
cd /Users/anshuman/Documents/projects/bnearest
for var in "$@"
do
  count=`git branch | grep $var|wc -l`
  if [ $count -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo "Branch $var not found"
    exit $FAILURE
  fi
done

echo "Branch names OK! Merging branches"

count=0
for var in "$@"
do
  if [ $count -ne 0 ]
  then
    git checkout $var
    git merge $branch
    git push origin $var
  else
    git pull origin $var
    branch=$var
  fi
  count=$((count+1))
done

git checkout $branch