rbenito

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]] && [[ ."$1" = .-* ]] ;
do
    opt="$1";
    shift;              #expose next argument
    case "$opt" in
        "--" ) break 2;;
        "-b" )
           BRANCH_PATH="$1"; shift;;
        "-branch" )     # alternate format
           BRANCH_PATH="$1"; shift;;