Checkout branches

README.md

Checkout branch util

Install

Go to the directory you want to store the script and paste the followinf code. It will download the script and create an alias in your shell init script.

• Bash users should use .bashrc
• Zsh users should use .zshrc

SHELL_FILE=.bashrc
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/sgobotta/451c1491d8b4746e8b171439bc97ef33/raw/e8edd45557d4ba7b2256d68525d18bb65ad7564f/checkout-branch.sh
echo "alias co_br="/home/sann/Documents/scripts/misc/checkout_branch.sh" >> "~/$SHELL_FILE"

Usage

It just appends two strings and replaces spaces with hyphens

# co_br <issue_number> <issue_title>
co_br 420 "As a git user I want my script installed In order to spent less time typing"
# Output
Switched to a new branch '420-As-a-git-user-I-want-my-script-installed-In-order-to-spent-less-time-typing'

checkout-branch.sh

#!/bin/bash

ISSUE_NUMBER=$1
ISSUE_TITLE=$2
BRANCH_NAME_SEPARATOR="-"
BRANCH_NAME=$(echo "$ISSUE_NUMBER $ISSUE_TITLE" | tr " " $BRANCH_NAME_SEPARATOR)
git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME