Git branch switcher with FZF

git-ch

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Check if is git repository
git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree &>/dev/null || {
  echo "Not a git repository"
  exit 0
}

# If arguments provided
if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
  if [[ $1 == "--all" ]]; then
    # List all branches including remotes
    BRANCHES=$(git branch --all | awk '!/^[*]/ { $1=$1; print }')
  else
    # Use the argument as branch name and checkout directly
    git checkout "$1"
    exit $?
  fi
else
  # No arguments - list local branches only
  BRANCHES=$(git branch | awk '!/^[*]/ { $1=$1; print }')
fi

if [[ -n $BRANCHES ]]; then
  BRANCH=$(echo "$BRANCHES" | fzf) || exit 0 # user presses CTRL+c
else
  echo "There are no other local branches, only remote ones, use \"--all\""
  exit 1
fi

# Handle remote branches (strip "remotes/<remote-name>/" prefix)
if [[ $BRANCH == remotes/* ]]; then
  # Extract the remote name and branch name
  # remotes/origin/main -> origin/main
  REMOTE_AND_BRANCH=${BRANCH#remotes/}
  # origin/main -> main
  BRANCH_NAME=${REMOTE_AND_BRANCH#*/}

  # Checkout the remote branch as a new local branch
  git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME" "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || git checkout "$BRANCH_NAME"
else
  # Checkout local branch normally
  git checkout "$BRANCH"
fi

dependencies:

• https://github.com/junegunn/fzf