Useful script for naming branches for Git flow

slugify.bash

#!/bin/bash

slugify() {
    type="$1"
    title="$2"
    max_length="${3:-150}"

    slug="$({
        tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | tr -cs '[[:alnum:]]' '-'
    } <<< "$title")"

    slug="$({
        tr '[ČčĆć]' 'c'
    } <<< "$slug")"

    slug="$({
        sed 's/[Đđ]/dj/g'
    } <<< "$slug")"

    slug="$({
        tr '[Žž]' 'z'
    } <<< "$slug")"

    slug="$({
        tr '[Šš]' 's'
    } <<< "$slug")"

    slug="${slug##-}"
    slug="${slug%%-}"
    slug="${slug:0:$max_length}"
    git checkout -b "$type/#$slug"
}