git-publish-branch

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

## git-publish-branch: a simple script to publish the current branch
## to your origin repository, and then track that so you can easily
## push further updates.
##
## Opens the URL for a pull request after pushing.
##
## Usage: git publish-branch
##


require 'optparse'

options = {}

option_parser = OptionParser.new do |parser|
	parser.banner = "Usage: git publish-branch
Publishes the current branch to your origin repository, using
the same name, so it tracks the remote repo and can easily
have updates pushed to it.

After publishing, it opens the link to create a pull request
on github.

"

  parser.on("-h", "Print program help") do
      puts parser.help
      exit(0)
  end

  options[:upstream] = "origin"
  parser.on("-u", "--upstream", "Set the upstream repository. Defaults to 'origin'.") do |upstream|
    options[:upstream] = upstream
  end
end

option_parser.parse!

# Figure out the current branch
begin
  current_branch = %x{git branch}.split("\n").find { |line| line =~ /^\*/ }.sub("* ", '')
rescue => detail
  STDERR.print "Could not get current branch: #{detail}"
end

# Publish it on the server, with tracking to make it easy to push further
# updates
begin
  output = %x{git push --set-upstream #{options[:upstream]} #{current_branch} 2>&1}
rescue => detail
  STDERR.print "Could not push branch: #{detail}"
end

# Find and open the link to create a PR
line = output.split("\n").find { |line| line =~ /https:/ }
pr_url = line.sub(/remote:\s+/, '').sub(/\s+$/, '')

system("open #{pr_url}")