<# .SYNOPSIS new-branch.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION Creates and switches to a new branch in a Git repository. .EXAMPLE PS> .\new-branch.ps1 moonshot .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 new branch name" } $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() if (-not(test-path "$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 "$BranchName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git checkout -b $BranchName' failed" } & git push origin "$BranchName" if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git push origin $BranchName' failed" } & git submodule update --init --recursive if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'git submodule update' failed" } [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ created new branch '$BranchName' in Git repository 📂$RepoDirName in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }