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Simple script to archive branches as a git tag
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git-archive.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Origin: https://gist.github.com/thejhh/7e505fdc56d08253cdaf7de5f25838db
# USAGE: git-archive BRANCH [...BRANCH_N]
set -e
#set -x
DATE="$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')"
BRANCH_NAME=$1
for BRANCH_NAME in "$@"; do
ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME="archive/$DATE-$BRANCH_NAME"
git tag "$ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME" "$BRANCH_NAME"
git branch -d "$BRANCH_NAME" > /dev/null
echo "Archived '$BRANCH_NAME' as '$ARCHIVE_TAG_NAME'"
done
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