git-branch-backup

Create a local backup of your HEAD branch.

Useful to do before git-rebase in case it goes wrong so you do not have to go reflog diving.

Assuming you are standing on master:

$ git branch-backup
Created backup branch 'master.backup/1'

$ git branch-backup
Created backup branch 'master.backup/2'

et cetera.

When you are done, you can delete backups with:

$ git branch -d master.backup/{1..666}

Alias for convenience:

$ git config --global alias.bb branch-backup

Environment variables

BACKUP_BRANCH_FMT

Format string used to construct backup branch name via man 3 printf.

1st argument is current branch name.

2nd argument is the new backup branch id.

Defaults to %1$s.backup/%2$s constructing backups like master.backup/2 for master branch. Note including the / in the backup branch name is motivated by existence of IDEs and other UIs that display branch names as collapsible tree.

Example alternative: dev/%1$s/%2$s constructing backups like dev/master/2 for master.

Dependencies

• zsh
• coreutils
• sed
• grep

For tests:

• https://git.sr.ht/~rne/dram/tree/master

Installation

# make install

Tests

$ make check