Git helpers I install to ~/bin

create-feature-branch

#!/usr/bin/env bash

usage (){
    echo "Usage: $0 new-branch-name"
    exit 1
}

[[ $# -eq 0 ]] && usage

git fetch origin 
git checkout origin/master -b "$1"
git push origin -u $1

echo "Feature Branch $1 created."
exit 0

create-hotfix

#!/usr/bin/env bash

usage (){
    echo "Usage: $0 remote new-branch-name"
    exit 1
}

[[ $# -lt 2 ]] && usage

remote=$1
branch=$2
 
git fetch $remote  
git checkout $remote/master -b "$branch"
git push origin -u $branch

echo "Hotfix $branch created from $remote."
exit 0