git-checkpush

#!/bin/sh

newBranch=$1
test -z $newBranch && echo "ERROR: Please provide the name of the new branch you'd like to create, using the standard {bug || feature}/{workItemId}-{description}" 1>&2 && exit 1

if currentBranch=$(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)
then
  echo "Branching from $currentBranch to $newBranch"
  git stash
  git checkout -b $newBranch
  
  remoteOrigin=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)
  echo Remote is $remoteOrigin

  if [ $(git ls-remote --heads $remoteOrigin $newBranch + | wc -l) == "1" ]
  then
    echo "Remote branch exits. Pull changes from remote before pushing the changes."
    git pull --rebase origin $newBranch
  else   
    echo "Setting $newBranch to upstream" 
    git push --set-upstream origin $newBranch
  fi

  # Apply the stashed changes
  git stash apply

  echo "Successfully pushed the updates to remote!"
fi