git smart switch : Like `git switch` but stashing uncommitted changes and recovering them when you are back.

git-sw

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Git smart switch

Like `git switch` but stashing uncommitted changes and recovering them when you are back.


# Install

Save this file somewhere in your PATH as `git-sw`, and add execution permission.
Git will recognize it as the "sw" subcommand.

# Example

Suppose you have a dirty branch like this

```
$ git status -uno
On branch fix/cloud_
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/fix/cloud_'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
    modified:   shipping/shipping/domain/carriers/labeler.py
    modified:   shipping/tests/domain/carriers/test_labeler.py
```

You can switch with git sw

```
$ git sw master
Switched to branch 'master'
```

The changes have been stashed
```
$ git status -uno
On branch master
Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 1 commit, and can be fast-forwarded.
  (use "git pull" to update your local branch)

nothing to commit (use -u to show untracked files)
```

Later you want to go back to the branch `fix/cloud_`. Just run git sw again

```
$ git sw -
Switched to branch 'fix/cloud_'
```

And your stashed changes will be there again 

```
$ git status -uno
On branch fix/cloud_
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/fix/sendcloud_'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
    modified:   shipping/shipping/domain/carriers/labeler.py
    modified:   shipping/tests/domain/carriers/test_labeler.py
```

"""

import argparse
import re
import subprocess

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Smart switch")
parser.add_argument("branch", help="Switch to a specified branch.")
args = parser.parse_args()


current_branch = subprocess.check_output(["git", "branch", "--show-current"], text=True).strip()

# try to stash the current state setting a parseable message with the branch
subprocess.check_output(["git", "stash", "--message", f"[smart switch] {current_branch}"], text=True)

# switch
subprocess.check_output(["git", "switch", args.branch])

# this is the same than args.branch but also expand references like "-"
target_branch = subprocess.check_output(["git", "branch", "--show-current"], text=True).strip()

# list stashes to find if there is something to pop
stashes_list = subprocess.check_output(["git", "stash", "list"], text=True)
stashes = {branch_name: stash_index for (stash_index, branch_name) in re.findall(r"stash@\{(\d+)\}\: .*: \[smart switch\] (.*)", stashes_list)}

stash_index = stashes.get(target_branch)

if stash_index is not None:
    subprocess.check_output(["git", "stash", "pop", "--index", stash_index])

see also https://gist.github.com/mgaitan/ba1e4e252b90a7fd4a4eb9e1742e94fb

In line 82, the push command is missing, so it gives error. The correct version is:

subprocess.check_output(["git", "stash", "push", "--message", f"[smart switch] {current_branch}"], text=True)