Rails git-flow shell script for easy branching

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#
# Usage:
#
#  ./makesandwich.sh branch_name
#

#
# makesandwich.sh
#
echo "Changing to the home directory...";
cd YOUR_BRANCH_DIR_PATH;

echo "Creating new directory for our branch: $1...";
mkdir $1;

echo "Changing to the new directory...";
cd $1;

echo "Cloning the dev branch...";
git clone [email protected]:YOUR_PROFILE_URL/YOUR_GIT_REPO.git;

echo "Changing to the working directory (the folder that was just copied from git)...";
cd YOUR_WORKING_DIRECTORY_NAME;

echo "Creating new local git branch: $1...";
git checkout -b $1;

echo "Pushing new branch to remote (creates it in github)...";
git push origin $1;

#
# Any other config setup, incl. copying database example yaml, et al.
#

echo "Running rake db:setup...";
rake db:setup;

echo "Starting the default Rails webserver (Webrick)...";
rails server;