Bash Function to convert an MOV file into an animated gif (great for adding a small animated clip of new functionality to a Pull Request)

Convert_mov_to_gif_using_ffmpeg.sh

function convertMovToGif
{
  pathToSourceFile=$1
  pathToSourceFileDirectory=$(dirname "${pathToSourceFile}")
  fileName=$(basename "${pathToSourceFile}")
  filenameWithoutExtension="${fileName%.*}"
  nameToSaveFileAs="$2"
  generatedFilePath="$pathToSourceFileDirectory/${nameToSaveFileAs:-$filenameWithoutExtension-generated}.gif"
  echo "*************************************"
  echo "-----VIDEO TO GIF - INPUT DATA-------"
  echo "*************************************"
  echo "filenameWithoutExtension: $filenameWithoutExtension"
  echo "generatedFilePath: $generatedFilePath"
  echo "pathToSourceFile: $pathToSourceFile"
  echo "nameToSaveFileAs: $nameToSaveFileAs"
  echo "pathToSourceFileDirectory: $pathToSourceFileDirectory"
  echo "fileName: $fileName"
  echo ""
  echo "*************************************"
  # EXAMPLE CORRECT INPUTS
  # ffmpeg \
  #   -i '/Users/whoeverYouAre/Documents/⁨PR_Visual_Content⁩/WTF-392.mov'\
  #   -r 15\
  #   -vf scale=1024:-1\
  #   '/Users/whoeverYouAre/Documents/⁨PR_Visual_Content⁩/WTF-392-scaled.gif'

  # DYNAMIC INPUTS
  ffmpeg \
    -i $pathToSourceFile\
    -r 12\
    -vf scale=1024:-1\
    $generatedFilePath
}