call github api to merge branches

github-api-merge-branch.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Merge Github branch
#
# Usage:
#   shells/merge-branch.sh <base-branch> <head-branch> [commit message]

request=$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")" ; pwd -P )/request.sh

# The name of the base branch that the head will be merged into.
base=$1
# The head to merge. This can be a branch name or a commit SHA1.
head=$2
# Commit message to use for the merge commit. If omitted, a default message will be used.
message=$3

payload="{\"base\":\"$base\",\"head\":\"$head\",\"commit_message\":\"$message\"}"

echo "Call merge branch: $payload"

$request \
  POST \
  merges \
  $payload