Sending your Git branch changes as an email attachment

gistfile1.ps1

function Get-GitBranch {
    $symbolicref = git symbolic-ref HEAD
    $branch = $symbolicref.substring($symbolicref.LastIndexOf("/") +1)
    return $branch
}

function Zip-GitBranch([string]$zipFilename) {

	$branch = Get-GitBranch
	
	if (!$zipFilename) {
		$zipFilename = [string]::Format(".\{0}.zip", $branch)
    }

	$files = git diff --name-only HEAD..master

	foreach($file in $files) {
 		& 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe' a $zipFilename $file
	}
	
	return $zipFilename
}

function MailZip-GitBanch($Recipient) {
	
	if (!$Recipient) {
		Write-Host "You need to pass the email of the recipient as parameter"
		return
	}
	
	$branch = Get-GitBranch
	$zipFilename = [string]::Format(".\{0}.zip", $branch)
	$attachement = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath( $zipFilename ) 

	Zip-GitBranch($attachement)
		
	$ol = New-Object -comObject Outlook.Application 
	$Mail = $ol.CreateItem(0) 
	$Mail.Recipients.Add($Recipient) 
	$Mail.Subject = "Changes for the branch: " + $branch 
	$Mail.Body = "Check out the email attachement to see the changes made to the branch: " + $branch
	$Mail.Attachments.Add($attachement)
	$Mail.Send() 
}