Add "git branch" script
You can use it as
git branch <branchname> [start-point]
and it creates a new branch of name <branchname>. If a starting point
is specified, that will be where the branch is created, otherwise it
will be created at the current HEAD.
The sequence
git branch xyz abc
git checkout xyz
can also be written as
git checkout -b xyz abc
as per the previous commit.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03ea163..93479ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
git-log-script git-shortlog git-cvsimport-script git-diff-script \
git-reset-script git-add-script git-checkout-script git-clone-script \
gitk git-cherry git-rebase-script git-relink-script git-repack-script \
- git-format-patch-script git-sh-setup-script git-push-script
+ git-format-patch-script git-sh-setup-script git-push-script \
+ git-branch-script
PROG= git-update-cache git-diff-files git-init-db git-write-tree \
git-read-tree git-commit-tree git-cat-file git-fsck-cache \
diff --git a/git-branch-script b/git-branch-script
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ade0abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-branch-script
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive"
+
+branchname="$1"
+rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify --default HEAD "$2"^0) || exit
+
+[ -z "$branchname" ] && die "git branch: I want a branch name"
+[ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ] && die "$branchname already exists"
+
+echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"
