bb (better-branch)

Interactive CLI helper for creating git branches with JIRA Links and some text

Still in development?

Yes

How to install?

bb do not use any 3rd party packages, so just build a binary:

go build

Then move binary bb in some convient place, and add it to your PATH:

PATH=<path to bb>:$PATH

How it works?

This tiny utility was made when i completely bored of creating JIRA branches on Web interface and pulling it to local.

Just call bb, then Enter JIRA link and/or text, then create a new branch from.

There are multiple ways to create branch name with Jira and/or text description.

Interactive

Just launch without any args. When asked for values, enter them. If name is beautiful for you, create a new branch.

Pass arguments

  -f 
        Create `feature/*` branch
  -h
        Create `hotfix/*` branch
  -b
        Create `bugfix/*` branch
  -r
        Create `release/*` branch
  -c
    	Checkout to new branch (default true (default true)
  -i
    	JIRA Link or issue
  -t
    	Custom Issue Text

Arguments could be passed with keywords or shorthand.

bb -f -i https://some.jira.cloud/issues/ABC-123 -t Add big button

# or
bb f https://some.jira.cloud/issues/ABC-123  Add big button

# or even
bb https://some.jira.cloud/issues/ABC-123

New branch is checkouted after creation by default.

OS support

Builds are made for Windows, OSX and Linux by Goreleaser. But code wasn't tested on Linux and Windows.

TODO:

• Go back, add more text, and other interactive mode impovements
• Set autocheckout true/false with interactive mode
• Support prefixes like feature/
• Support other popular issue trackers like YouTrack, Asana, etc
• Save screen space in interactive mode by putting hints onto background