Brief documentation for the mysterious git-am script
[git/dscho.git] / git-branch.sh
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1 #!/bin/sh
3 . git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
5 usage () {
6 echo >&2 "usage: $(basename $0)"' [-d <branch>] | [<branch> [start-point]]
8 If no arguments, show available branches and mark current branch with a star.
9 If one argument, create a new branch <branchname> based off of current HEAD.
10 If two arguments, create a new branch <branchname> based off of <start-point>.
12 exit 1
15 delete_branch () {
16 option="$1"
17 shift
18 headref=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD |
19 sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
20 for branch_name
22 case ",$headref," in
23 ",$branch_name,")
24 die "Cannot delete the branch you are on." ;;
25 ,,)
26 die "What branch are you on anyway?" ;;
27 esac
28 branch=$(cat "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branch_name") &&
29 branch=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$branch^0") ||
30 die "Seriously, what branch are you talking about?"
31 case "$option" in
32 -D)
35 mbs=$(git-merge-base -a "$branch" HEAD | tr '\012' ' ')
36 case " $mbs " in
37 *' '$branch' '*)
38 # the merge base of branch and HEAD contains branch --
39 # which means that the HEAD contains everything in the HEAD.
42 echo >&2 "The branch '$branch_name' is not a strict subset of your current HEAD.
43 If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D $branch_name'."
44 exit 1
46 esac
48 esac
49 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branch_name"
50 echo "Deleted branch $branch_name."
51 done
52 exit 0
55 while case "$#,$1" in 0,*) break ;; *,-*) ;; *) break ;; esac
57 case "$1" in
58 -d | -D)
59 delete_branch "$@"
60 exit
62 --)
63 shift
64 break
66 -*)
67 usage
69 esac
70 shift
71 done
73 case "$#" in
75 headref=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD |
76 sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
77 git-rev-parse --symbolic --all |
78 sed -ne 's|^refs/heads/||p' |
79 sort |
80 while read ref
82 if test "$headref" = "$ref"
83 then
84 pfx='*'
85 else
86 pfx=' '
88 echo "$pfx $ref"
89 done
90 exit 0 ;;
92 head=HEAD ;;
94 head="$2^0" ;;
95 esac
96 branchname="$1"
98 rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head") || exit
100 [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ] &&
101 die "$branchname already exists."
102 git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
103 die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
105 echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"