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Bash - sync all git branches on remote fork from their parent repo
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# | |
# GitHub remote repo sync | |
# | |
# sync all local git branches on remote fork from their parent repo | |
# - only works if in a local git repo that was cloned from a fork | |
# - requires GitHub CLI (https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md) | |
GITHUB_USERNAME="cgoldberg" | |
die() { echo "$*" 1>&2 ; exit 1; } | |
if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then | |
die "not in a git repo" | |
fi | |
repo=$(basename $(basename $(git remote get-url origin)) ".git") | |
default_branch=$(git remote show origin | sed -n '/HEAD branch/s/.*: //p') | |
echo | |
echo "syncing '${default_branch}' branch on remote fork from its parent" | |
gh repo sync "${GITHUB_USERNAME}/${repo}" --branch "${default_branch}" || die | |
echo | |
branches=($(git branch --format='%(upstream:short)' | grep origin | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')) | |
branches_without_default=(${branches[@]/${default_branch}}) | |
for branch in "${branches_without_default[@]}"; do | |
echo "syncing '${branch}' branch on remote fork from its parent" | |
gh repo sync "${GITHUB_USERNAME}/${repo}" --branch "${branch}" | |
echo | |
done |
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