POSIX-compliant commands to automate common Git tasks

git-aliases.sh

# Create a new branch based on the current one and push it to the remote.
function gcob {
  echo "You're on branch \"$(git branch --show-current)\"."
  git pull
  echo "Creating branch with name \"$1\"."
  git checkout -b $1
  echo "Pushing branch to remote."
  git push --set-upstream origin $1
}

# Delete a branch both on local and remote.
function gdel {
  echo "Deleting branch \"$1\" both locally and remotely is a destructive operation."
  echo -n "Do you want to proceed anyway? (y/N) "
  read answer
  if [ "$answer" != "${answer#[Yy]}" ] ;then
    git branch -d $1 & git push origin --delete $1
    echo "Branch \"$1\" deleted."
  else
    echo "Operation aborted."
  fi
}