github-codebase-review

github-codebase-review.sh

BRANCH_NAME=$1

## Checkout empty orphan
git checkout --orphan ${BRANCH_NAME}-empty


## Remove all files
git rm -r --cached *


## Clean all the files
git clean -fxd


# Verify all good
git log

##Create foo commit to create shared history
git commit --allow-empty -m "Start of the review"


## Create review branch from main
git checkout -b ${BRANCH_NAME}-review
## Merge in code to be reviewed
git merge master --allow-unrelated-histories --squash


## Commit squashed commit
git commit -m 'Squash commit!'


## Verify all good
git status
git log


## Push the branches
git push origin ${BRANCH_NAME}-empty
git push origin ${BRANCH_NAME}-review




## Perform code review @ github


## Delete the branches once you are done with the review
#git push origin :${BRANCH_NAME}-empty
#git push origin :${BRANCH_NAME}-review