Script to create a new feature and sub-feature branches

feature_branch.sh

# Paste inside '.bash_aliases' file in your root directory

# Parameters:
# $1 = New feature branch name (without 'feat/' prefix)
# $2 = Base branch to start the feature branch from (optional)
function feature_branch() {
    
    current_branch=""
    if [ -z "$2" ]
    then
        current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)
        echo "New feature branch will be named: ${"feat/$1"}"
        echo "Starting branch name not found. Would you like to start from the current branch [${current_branch}]?"
        echo "Press anything to continue, or 'q' to exit"
        while : ; do
            read -n 1 k <&1
            if [[ $k = q ]] ; then
                return
            else
                break
            fi
        done    
    else
        git checkout $2
        current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)
    fi

    echo "Continuing from ${current_branch}"
    git checkout -b "feat/$1"
    if [ $? != 0 ]; then
        echo "Couldn't checkout new branch: " + "feat/$1"
        return
    fi

    # Make sure nothing is staged before committing empty [ci skip]
    git reset HEAD
    
    # Committing [ci skip] not to trigger a build on Bitrise, can be removed if Bitrise is not used
    git commit --allow-empty -m "[ci skip]"
    
    # Pushing new base feature branch to 'origin' remote
    git push origin -u
    
    # Starting a new sub-feature branch
    git checkout -b "$1/impl"
    
    # Setting up cocoapods, you can any other steup you want or open the project directly
    pod install
}