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## Checkout all branches from remote as tracking branches. Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/379081/track-all-remote-git-branches-as-local-branches/6300386#6300386
UPSTREAM=$1
MYREPO=$2
usage() {
echo "Usage:"
echo "$0 <upstream-remote> <target-remote>"
echo ""
echo "Example which ensures remote named 'maxandersen' have all the same branches and tags as 'origin'"
echo "$0 origin maxandersen"
exit 1
}
if [ -z "$UPSTREAM" ]
then
echo Missing upstream remote name.
usage
fi
if [ -z "$MYREPO" ]
then
echo Missing target remote name.
usage
fi
read -p "1. This will setup '$MYREPO' to track all branches in '$UPSTREAM' - Are you sure ?" -n 1 -r
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
for brname in `git branch -r | grep "$UPSTREAM" | grep -v master | grep -v HEAD | sed -e 's/.*\///g'`; do git branch --track $brname $UPSTREAM/$brname ; done
fi
read -p "2. This will push all local branches and tags into '$MYREPO' - Are you sure ?" -n 1 -r
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
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