<# .SYNOPSIS Sets the working directory to a repository .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script changes the working directory to a local Git repository. .PARAMETER folderName Specifies the Git repository's folder name .EXAMPLE PS> ./cd-repo.ps1 rust 📂C:\Repos\rust on branch: ## main ... origin/main .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$folderName = "") try { if ("$folderName" -eq "") { $folderName = Read-Host "Enter the Git repository's folder name" } if (Test-Path "$HOME/Repos/" -pathType Container) { # try short name $path = "$HOME/Repos/" } elseif (Test-Path "$HOME/repos/" -pathType Container) { $path = "$HOME/repos/" } elseif (Test-Path "$HOME/Repositories/" -pathType Container) { # try long name $path = "$HOME/Repositories/" } elseif (Test-Path "$HOME/source/repos/" -pathType Container) { # try Visual Studio default $path = "$HOME/source/repos/" } elseif (Test-Path "/Repos/" -pathType Container) { $path = "/Repos/" } else { throw "The folder for Git repositories doesn't exist (yet)" } $path += $folderName if (-not(Test-Path "$path" -pathType Container)) { throw "The path to 📂$path doesn't exist (yet)" } $path = Resolve-Path "$path" Set-Location "$path" Write-Host "📂$path" Write-Host " on branch: " -noNewline & git status --short --branch --show-stash exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0])" exit 1 }