<# .SYNOPSIS switch-branch.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION Switches to another branch in a Git repository (including submodules). .EXAMPLE PS> .\switch-branch.ps1 main C:\MyRepo .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> param([string]$BranchName = "", [string]$RepoDir = "$PWD") try { if ($BranchName -eq "") { $BranchName = read-host "Enter name of branch to switch to" } $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() $RepoDir = resolve-path "$RepoDir" if (-not(test-path "$RepoDir" -pathType container)) { throw "Can't access directory: $RepoDir" } set-location "$RepoDir" $Null = (git --version) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'git' - make sure Git is installed and available" } $Result = (git status) if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git status' failed in $RepoDir" } if ("$Result" -notmatch "nothing to commit, working tree clean") { throw "Git repository is NOT clean: $Result" } "🢃 Fetching updates..." & git fetch --all --recurse-submodules --prune --prune-tags if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git fetch' failed" } & git checkout --recurse-submodules "$BranchName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git switch $BranchName' failed" } & git pull --recurse-submodules if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git pull' failed" } & git submodule update --init --recursive if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git submodule update' failed" } $RepoDirName = (get-item "$RepoDir").Name [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ switched Git repository 📂$RepoDirName to $BranchName branch in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }