Create folder from git branches

create-branch-folder.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Git branches to folders
 
function branch_folders {

    # Check if folder is a git repository 
    if [[ ! -d ".git" ]]; then
        echo -e "\n\tThis is not a git repository!\n"
        exit
    fi

    # Folder where the branch folders will be stored inside
    # Don't put it in your repository folder or else git will commit those files again ;)
    folder="../branchfolders"

    # Check if there is a folder named "branchfolders"
    # If not, create one
    if [[ ! -d "${folder}" ]]; then
        mkdir "${folder}"
    fi

    # List of branches without the asterisk and spaces
    branches=( $(git branch | cut -c 2-) )

    # List through branches
    for (( i = 0; i < ${#branches[@]}; i++ )); do
        
        git checkout -q ${branches[$i]}

        if [[ ! -d "${folder}/${branches[$i]}" ]]; then
            mkdir "${folder}/${branches[$i]}"
        fi

        rsync -a --exclude=.git --exclude=.gitignore . "${folder}/${branches[$i]}"

        echo -e "\tBranch '${branches[$i]}' copied!"

    done

}

branch_folders