<# .SYNTAX create-branch.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION creates and switches to a new branch in a Git repository .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($NewBranchName = "", $RepoDir = "$PWD") if ($NewBranchName -eq "") { $NewBranchName = read-host "Enter new branch name" } try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() if (-not(test-path "$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" } $RepoDirName = (get-item "$RepoDir").Name "🢃 Fetching updates for Git repository 📂$RepoDirName ..." & git fetch --all --recurse-submodules --jobs=4 if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git fetch' failed" } & git checkout -b "$NewBranchName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git checkout -b $NewBranchName' failed" } & git push origin "$NewBranchName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git push origin $NewBranchName' failed" } & git submodule update --init --recursive if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git submodule update' failed" } [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ created new branch '$NewBranchName' in Git repository 📂$RepoDirName in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }