vrybas / git-pcheckout

Git command to evenly checkout local/remote branches and source/fork pull requests by URL (with Hub)

git-pcheckout

Git command to evenly checkout local/remote branches and source/fork pull requests by URL (with Hub)

Installation

Hub is required for checking out pull requests.

$ brew install hub
$ gem install git-pcheckout

Usage

$ git pcheckout 123-myfeature
$ git pcheckout https://github.com/user/repo/pull/123

What it does

1. If specified branch-name exists locally:

   $ git checkout branch-name $ git pull origin branch-name

2. If specified branch-name not exist locally:

   $ git fetch $ git checkout --track origin/branch-name

3. If pull request URL specified(from fork):

• pulls fork branch with Hub

4. If pull request URL specified(from source repo):

• treats it as if just a branch_name was specified (goto 1)

Contributing

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/vrybas/git-pcheckout/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request