Simple script to archive branches as a git tag

git-archive.ps1

# Origin: https://gist.github.com/thejhh/7e505fdc56d08253cdaf7de5f25838db
# USAGE: .\git-archive.ps1 BRANCH [...BRANCH_N]

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
#$VerbosePreference = "Continue"

$DATE = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss"

foreach ($BRANCH_NAME in $args) {
    $ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME = "archive/$DATE-$BRANCH_NAME"

    git tag $ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME $BRANCH_NAME
    git branch -d $BRANCH_NAME | Out-Null

    Write-Output "Archived '$BRANCH_NAME' as '$ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME'"
}

git-archive.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Origin: https://gist.github.com/thejhh/7e505fdc56d08253cdaf7de5f25838db
# USAGE: git-archive BRANCH [...BRANCH_N]

set -e
#set -x

DATE="$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')"
BRANCH_NAME=$1

for BRANCH_NAME in "$@"; do

  ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME="archive/$DATE-$BRANCH_NAME"

  git tag "$ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME" "$BRANCH_NAME"
  git branch -d "$BRANCH_NAME" > /dev/null

  echo "Archived '$BRANCH_NAME' as '$ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME'"

done