From be89ebd7a007473524357989c8632beda62d1792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cassey Lottman <>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:20:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update update script

---
 sh/update.sh | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sh/update.sh b/sh/update.sh
index 84158f7..ceddf4f 100755
--- a/sh/update.sh
+++ b/sh/update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Updates the existing local and origin branches corresponding to the remix
+# pass an argument if you want to pull a different branch name than the current branch you're on
+# no argument needed to update against the branch name of the current branch
 
-git checkout $1
-git pull $1 master
-git push origin $1
\ No newline at end of file
+current_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+branchToUse="$1" && [[  -z "$1" ]]  && branchToUse="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+git checkout $branchToUse
+git pull $branchToUse master
+git push origin $branchToUse
\ No newline at end of file

From 44b59f10be44724d8fb6b6fb410fbe7da0c7528e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cassey Lottman <>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:25:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] clean up & comment

---
 sh/update.sh | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sh/update.sh b/sh/update.sh
index ceddf4f..9b5b952 100755
--- a/sh/update.sh
+++ b/sh/update.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # pass an argument if you want to pull a different branch name than the current branch you're on
 # no argument needed to update against the branch name of the current branch
 
-current_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-
+# branch to use is the first argument, but if the first argument was not passed, use the current git branch
 branchToUse="$1" && [[  -z "$1" ]]  && branchToUse="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 
 git checkout $branchToUse