Script to automate PR adoption steps from https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4340

adopt-pr.sh

#!/bin/zsh

# Check for correct number of arguments
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <repo-url> <branch-name>"
  exit 1
fi

# Assign arguments to variables
REPO_URL=$1
BRANCH_NAME=$2

# Extract the name of the owner from the URL (assuming URL format is like: https://github.com/owner/repo.git)
REMOTE_OWNER=$(echo $REPO_URL | sed 's#.*/\([^/]*\)/[^/]*\.git#\1#')

# Add the remote repository using the owner as the remote name
git remote add $REMOTE_OWNER $REPO_URL

# Fetch from the remote repository
git fetch $REMOTE_OWNER

# Checkout and create a new branch tracking the remote branch
git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME $REMOTE_OWNER/$BRANCH_NAME

# Push the new branch to the origin and set upstream
git push -u origin $BRANCH_NAME