Pull in latest FTP changes from a remote server and create a new git branch based on them

git-branch-from-remote-ftp.sh

#! /bin/bash

now=$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")
cd /path/to/local/project
git checkout master
git pull remote master
git branch $now
git checkout $now
lftp -e 'set ssl:verify-certificate no; mirror -P 10 -v /remote/folder/ /path/to/local/project/.' -u username,password FTP_SERVER_IP
git add -A
git commit -m 'latest changes from the remote server'