A script to commit the git parent repo and any submodule changes too

commit_everything.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Usage: ./commit_everything.sh "Commit message"

BOLD=$(tput bold)
BLACK=$(tput setaf 0)
WHITE=$(tput setaf 7)
BLUE=$(tput setaf 4)
GREEN=$(tput setaf 2)
NORMAL=$(tput sgr0)
RED=$(tput setaf 1)

commit () {  
    # Figure out if the parent repo has changed and make a commit with the
    # commit message that was passed in
    STATUS=$(git status --porcelain --ignore-submodules | wc -l)
    if [[ $STATUS -ne 0 ]]; then
      echo "🤓  ${GREEN}UPDATING PARENT REPO${NORMAL}"
      git add .
      git commit -am "$1"
      if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
        exit 1;
      fi
    fi

    # Now go to each submodule and update those with the same commit message
    SUBMODULES=($(git submodule | awk '{print $2}'))
    SUBMODULES_UPDATED=0
    for SUBMODULE in "${SUBMODULES[@]}"; do
      pushd $SUBMODULE > /dev/null
      STATUS=$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)
      if [[ $STATUS -ne 0 ]]; then
        echo "🤓  ${GREEN}UPDATING SUBMODULE:${WHITE} ${SUBMODULE}${NORMAL}"
        git add .
        git commit -am "$1"
        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
          exit 1;
        fi
        SUBMODULES_UPDATED=1
        #git pull --rebase && git status --short --branch && git push
        git status --short --branch && git push
      fi
      popd > /dev/null
    done

    # When submodules are updated, we need to commit that as well
    if [[ $SUBMODULES_UPDATED -eq 1 ]]; then
      echo "🤓  ${GREEN}UPDATING SUBMODULES${NORMAL}"
      git add .
      git commit -am "Updated submodules"
    fi

    # Push everything
    echo "🤓  ${GREEN}UPDATING EVERYTHING${NORMAL}"
    #git pull --rebase && git status --short --branch && git push
    git status --short --branch && git push
}

check_branch () {
    #check on which branch we are
    BRANCH=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`

    if [[ "$BRANCH" == "master" || "$BRANCH" == "develop" ]]; then
      echo "${RED}${BOLD}You are on branch $BRANCH. you can't commit here${NORMAL}"
      false
    else
      true
    fi


    #check remote of parent 
    REMOTE="$(git config "BRANCH.${BRANCH}.remote")"
    UPSTREAM=`git status -b --porcelain=v2 | grep -m 1 "^# branch.upstream " | cut -d " " -f 3-`
 
    if [[ "$UPSTREAM" == "$REMOTE/$BRANCH" ]]; then
          echo "🤓  ${GREEN}MAIN: ${BRANCH} is tracking ${UPSTREAM}${NORMAL}"
      else
    	echo "🤓  ${RED} MAIN: CHECK UPSTREAM!!! ${NORMAL}"
    	exit 1;
    fi

    # Now go to each submodule and check remote
    SUBMODULES=($(git submodule | awk '{print $2}'))
    for SUBMODULE in "${SUBMODULES[@]}"; do
      pushd $SUBMODULE > /dev/null

      
      REMOTE="$(git config "BRANCH.${BRANCH}.remote")"
      UPSTREAM=`git status -b --porcelain=v2 | grep -m 1 "^# branch.upstream " | cut -d " " -f 3-`
 


      echo "REMOTE ${REMOTE} $REMOTE.$BRANCH"
      echo "${BRANCH} is tracking ${UPSTREAM}"

      if [[ "$UPSTREAM" == "$REMOTE/$BRANCH" ]]; then
          echo "🤓  ${GREEN}in submodule $SUBMODULE: ${BRANCH} is tracking ${UPSTREAM}${NORMAL}"
      else
    	echo "🤓  ${RED} CHECK UPSTREAM!!! ${NORMAL}"
    	exit 1;
      fi
    popd > /dev/null
    done

}

check_changes(){
  
  GIT_CMD="git diff HEAD --name-only"
  GIT_SUBMODULE_CMD="git submodule foreach git diff HEAD  --name-only"

  OUTPUT="$($GIT_CMD && $GIT_SUBMODULE_CMD | sed  's/.*Entering.*//')"

  if [ -z "$OUTPUT" ]
  then
      false
  else
      echo "$OUTPUT"
      read -p "Continue (yes/no)?" CONT
      if [ "$CONT" = "yes" ]; then
         true
      else
         false
      fi

  fi
}

main () {

    if check_branch; then
      if check_changes; then 
        commit "$1";
      else 
        echo "EXITING";
      fi
    else
      echo "EXITING";
    fi
}

main "$1"

added a check to avoid committing on master and on develop and added a check to list changes before proceeding with commit