<# .SYNTAX switch-branch.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION switches the branch in the current/given Git repository (including submodules) .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($BranchName = "", $RepoDir = "$PWD") if ($BranchName -eq "") { $BranchName = read-host "Enter name of branch to switch to" } try { $RepoDir = resolve-path "$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: $Result" } & "$PSScriptRoot/fetch-repo.ps1" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Script 'fetch-repo.ps1' failed" } & git switch "$BranchName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git switch $BranchName' failed" } & git pull if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git pull' failed" } & git submodule update --init --recursive if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git submodule update' failed" } "✔️ switched Git repository 📂$RepoDir to branch 🌵$BranchName" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }