git checkbuild now publishes any changes from the given branch

This should avoid branches not turning up when testing is started on them
and also avoid partial branches being tested when further updates weren't
pushed to the remote.
Refs #8474

Code/Tools/Workflow/git/git-checkbuild

@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@ start_on_feature() {
     # We're starting again so clear out previous saved setting
     remove_config_value ${MERGENAME_CFG_KEY}
 
-    # No need to be careful about the state of develop so kill the local branch and recreate it
+    # First publish the changes on the branch so that is is visible publicly
     mergebranch=$(current_branch)
-    echo "Starting from branch ${mergebranch}."
+    echo "Publishing branch '${mergebranch}'"
+    git_halt_on_error push origin ${mergebranch}
 
+    # Now do the merge. No need to be careful about the state of develop
+    # so kill the local branch and recreate it
     local_branch_exists ${BUILD_BRANCH}
     if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
         echo "Deleting local copy of ${BUILD_BRANCH}"
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ start_on_feature() {
         remove_config_value ${MERGENAME_CFG_KEY}
     fi
 
-    # Publish
+    # Publish changes to develop
     git_ignore_errors push origin ${BUILD_BRANCH}
     if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
         echo "Could not push to remote. The remote ${BUILD_BRANCH} was probably recreated. Rerun this command to recreate local ${BUILD_BRANCH}"