Create a merge branch and merge master to feature branch script

create_merge_branch.sh

#!/bin/bash

LOCAL=$1
REMOTE=$2
MERGE=origin/master

echo -e "\n\e[1;37mCreate new merge branch \e[1;34m$LOCAL\e[1;37m from '\e[0;32m$REMOTE\e[0m'\n"
git checkout -b $LOCAL $REMOTE

# get local and remote hashes
LHASH=$(git rev-parse $LOCAL)
RHASH=$(git rev-parse $REMOTE)

if [[ $LHASH = $RHASH ]]; then
  echo -e "\e[1;37mLocal branch \e[1;34m$LOCAL\e[1;37m matches '\e[0;32m$REMOTE\e[1;37m', Merging master this branch!\e[0m"
  git merge $MERGE
  exit 0
else
  # else fail
  echo -e "\e[1;31mThe git rev-parse on one of the branches does not match!\e[0m\n"
  echo $LHASH
  echo $RHASH
  exit 1
fi