git-eb

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2
   3 # git-eb
   4 # File ID: 45c7afa2-434a-11df-8880-90e6ba3022ac
   5 #
   6 # Create new and unconnected branch
   7 # usage: git eb <newbranch>
   8
   9 logmsg="Initial empty commit"
  10 test -z "$2" || logmsg="$2"
  11 [ -z "$1" ] && { echo "usage: git eb <newbranch>" >&2; exit 1; }
  12 [ -d ".git/." ] || { echo "git-eb: has to be executed from the top level of the tree" >&2; exit 1; }
  13 [ -e ".git/refs/heads/$1" ] && { echo "git-eb: ref \"$1\" already exists" >&2; exit 1; }
  14 git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/"$1"
  15 rm -f .git/index
  16 git commit --allow-empty -m "$logmsg`echo; echo; suuid -t commit,git-eb -c "$logmsg"`"