This is a dumb little library I made because I don't like using autocomplete to checkout a branch.
This will print out a prompt showing the local branches in your current repo and allow you to check one of these out based on the number allocated to it:
Checkout a branch:
1: bug_fix/different_sized_tables
2: develop
3: fix_flaky_amount_specs
4: nullable_factory_fields
Type the number of the branch you want to checkout: 3
Switched to branch 'fix_flaky_amount_specs'
To call this library from the command line, you have to make the ruby file available in your $PATH.
You'll want to clone this repo somewhere, then symlink the git_smart_checkout.rb file somewhere on your $PATH. EG:
chmod +x git_smart_checkout.rb
ln -s `pwd`/git_smart_checkout.rb ~/bin/git_smart_checkout
You can also add an alias to make using this more convenient. EG:
alias gco="git_smart_checkout"
- Support checking out remote branches