Ship script inspired by this blog: http://reinh.com/blog/2008/08/27/hack-and-and-ship.html

ship.sh

  # SHIP

  #!/bin/bash 
  TO_SHIP_TO=$1
  CURRENT=`git branch | grep '\*' | awk '{print $2}'`
  if [ -z $TO_SHIP_TO ]; then
    echo "First argument has to be one of these branches:"
    git branch | grep -v $CURRENT
    exit 1
  fi
  git rebase -i $TO_SHIP_TO
  REBASE_STATUS=$?
  if [[ "${REBASE_STATUS}" -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "Rebase aborted"
    exit 0
  fi
  STATUS=`git checkout $TO_SHIP_TO | awk '{print $1}'`
  if [[ "${STATUS}" =~ error ]]; then
    echo "Something went terribly wrong! ${STATUS}"
    git checkout ${CURRENT}
    exit 1
  else
    git merge ${CURRENT} && \
    git push && \
    git checkout ${CURRENT} && \
    git rebase $TO_SHIP_TO
  fi