Custom git command to push to a remote branch matching the local branch name

git-push-up

#!/bin/sh

while getopts ":hfl" opt; do
  case ${opt} in
    h ) echo "Usage: git push-up [-h] [-f] [-l]"
        echo "[-f] push using --force"
        echo "[-h] display help and usage (you are here)"
        echo "[-l] push using --force-with-lease"
        exit 0
      ;;
    f ) force=true
      ;;
    l ) lease=true
      ;;
    \? ) echo "Usage: git push-up [-h] [-f] [-l]"
        exit 0
      ;;
  esac
done

if currentBranch=$(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)
then
  if [ "$force" = true ]; then
  echo Force pushing local branch to origin/"$currentBranch"
    git push origin "$currentBranch" --force
  elif [ "$lease" = true ]; then
  echo Pushing local branch to origin/"$currentBranch" with lease
    git push origin "$currentBranch" --force-with-lease
  else 
  echo Pushing local branch to origin/"$currentBranch"
    git push origin "$currentBranch"
  fi
else
  echo "Error: the current branch could not be found"
  exit 1
fi