git_new_branch.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.
"""
Create new branch tracking origin/master by default.
"""

import argparse
import sys

import git_common
import subprocess2


def create_new_branch(
    branch_name, upstream_current=False, upstream=None, inject_current=False):
  upstream = upstream or git_common.root()
  try:
    if inject_current:
      below = git_common.current_branch()
      if below is None:
        raise Exception('no current branch')
      above = git_common.upstream(below)
      if above is None:
        raise Exception('branch %s has no upstream' % (below))
      git_common.run('checkout', '--track', above, '-b', branch_name)
      git_common.run('branch', '--set-upstream-to', branch_name, below)
    elif upstream_current:
      git_common.run('checkout', '--track', '-b', branch_name)
    else:
      if upstream in git_common.tags():
        # TODO(iannucci): ensure that basis_ref is an ancestor of HEAD?
        git_common.run(
            'checkout', '--no-track', '-b', branch_name,
            git_common.hash_one(upstream))
        git_common.set_config('branch.%s.remote' % branch_name, '.')
        git_common.set_config('branch.%s.merge' % branch_name, upstream)
      else:
        # TODO(iannucci): Detect unclean workdir then stash+pop if we need to
        # teleport to a conflicting portion of history?
        git_common.run('checkout', '--track', upstream, '-b', branch_name)
    git_common.get_or_create_merge_base(branch_name)
  except subprocess2.CalledProcessError as cpe:
    sys.stdout.write(cpe.stdout.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
    sys.stderr.write(cpe.stderr.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
    return 1
  sys.stderr.write('Switched to branch %s.\n' % branch_name)
  return 0

def main(args):
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
    description=__doc__,
  )
  parser.add_argument('branch_name')
  g = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
  g.add_argument('--upstream-current', '--upstream_current',
                 action='store_true',
                 help='set upstream branch to current branch.')
  g.add_argument('--upstream', metavar='REF',
                 help='upstream branch (or tag) to track.')
  g.add_argument('--inject-current', '--inject_current',
                 action='store_true',
                 help='new branch adopts current branch\'s upstream,' +
                 ' and new branch becomes current branch\'s upstream.')
  g.add_argument('--lkgr', action='store_const', const='lkgr', dest='upstream',
                 help='set basis ref for new branch to lkgr.')

  opts = parser.parse_args(args)

  return create_new_branch(
      opts.branch_name, opts.upstream_current, opts.upstream,
      opts.inject_current)


if __name__ == '__main__':  # pragma: no cover
  try:
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
  except KeyboardInterrupt:
    sys.stderr.write('interrupted\n')
    sys.exit(1)