gistfile1.sh

for module in \
    ensembl \
    ensembl-compara \
    ensembl-funcgen \
    ensembl-rest \
    ensembl-tools \
    ensembl-variation
do
    if [ ! -d "$module" ]; then
        echo "Checking out $module ($branch)"
        git clone -b $branch https://github.com/Ensembl/${module} || {
            echo "Could not check out $module ($branch)" 1>&2
            exit 2
        }
    else
        echo "Already got $module"
        echo "Attempting to fetch, switch branch ($branch) and merge..."
        cd $module
        git fetch $remote
        git checkout $branch || {
            echo "Could not check out $module ($branch)" 1>&2
            break
            exit 2
        }
        git merge $remote || {
            echo "Could not merge $module ($branch)" 1>&2
            break
            exit 2
        }
        git status
        cd ../
    fi
    
    echo
    echo
done