Github Checkout Branch

terminal helper to checkout a git branch quickly

Example

Given that we have the following branches:

• master
• develop
• release
• release-2.2
• ticket-104-fix-readme
• ticket-77-update-translations

Then:

Command	Response	Note
gco 2.2	git checkout release-2.2	Checkout branch directly
gco dev	git checkout develop	Checkout branch directly
gco 104	git checkout ticket-104-fix-readme	Checkout branch directly
gco ticket	ERROR - More than one branch found: 1. ticket-104-fix-readme 2. ticket-77-update-translations	Display list with the available branches
gco ticket 2	git checkout ticket-77-update-translations	Checkout branch directly

Usage

This function takes two argument the first one is part of the branch name you want to checkout, and the second argument (optional) is the index of the found branch if there are more than one branch found

Paramater	Type	Status	Description
$1	String	required	Part from the branch name
$2	Int	optional	Index of the branch you want to checkout if there are more than one branch found

Installation

Install for bash terminal

1. clone repo

git clone git@github.com:hani-ibrahim/Github-Checkout-Branch.git ~/Desktop/Github-Checkout-Branch
cd ~/Desktop/Github-Checkout-Branch

2. copy gco.sh to home directory

cp gco.sh ~/.gco.sh

3. source gco.sh into your bash_profile file

echo "source ~/.gco.sh" >> ~/.bash_profile

4. refresh bash_profile file

. ~/.bash_profile

5. (optional) delete the repo

rm -rf ~/Desktop/Github-Checkout-Branch

Install for zsh terminal

1. clone repo

git clone git@github.com:hani-ibrahim/Github-Checkout-Branch.git ~/Desktop/Github-Checkout-Branch
cd ~/Desktop/Github-Checkout-Branch

2. copy gco.zsh to home directory

cp gco.zsh ~/.gco.zsh

3. source gco.zsh into your zshrc file

echo "source ~/.gco.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc

4. refresh zshrc file

. ~/.zshrc

5. (optional) delete the repo

rm -rf ~/Desktop/Github-Checkout-Branch

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Hani Ibrahim

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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