hack

#!/bin/bash
# hack -- create a branch for a bz ticket off of whatever branch you are
#         currently in or the branch you pass in as an argument

bug=$1
base=$2

if [ -z "${bug}" ] || [ "${bug}" == "-?" ] ; then
    echo "Usage: hack [BZTICKET]"
    exit 1
fi

if ! echo $bug | egrep -q "^bugfix/bz" ; then
    bug=bugfix/bz${bug}
fi

if [ -z "$base" ]; then
    current=`git branch | awk '/\*/{print $2}'`
    remote=`git config --get branch.$current.remote`
    
    git fetch -q $remote
    git checkout -b ${bug} $remote/$current
else
    remote=`git config --get branch.$base.remote`
    if [ -z "$remote" ]; then
        echo "No remote found for $base" >&2;
        exit 1;
    fi
    git remote update $remote
    git checkout -b ${bug} $remote/$base
fi