congress-legislators/scripts/run_script_to_branch

#!/bin/bash
# run_script_to_branch
# --------------------
# Creates a branch, executes a script, and optioanally creates a pull request
# using github's hub tool (http://hub.github.com/).
#
# Usage:
#
# ./run_script_to_branch [-push] script_name.py
#
# Example:
#
# ./run_script_to_branch -push senate_contacts.py


# Command-line options.
PUSH=0
if [[ "$1" = "-push" ]]; then
	if ! which hub>/dev/null; then
		echo "Install 'hub' from hub.github.com to automatically create a pull request."
	fi
	PUSH=1
	shift;
fi

# Check that we have an argument for which script to run.
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo "usage: $0 script_name.py";
	exit;
fi

# Check that there are no unstaged changes.
# see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5139290/how-to-check-if-theres-nothing-to-be-committed-in-the-current-branch
if ! git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules; then
    echo "Cannot run this now: You have unstaged changes."
    exit;
fi

# Create a branch with the name of the script, the date, and a random string to prevent accidental collisions.
BRANCH_NAME=$1_`date +%Y%m%d`_$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 6 | head -n 1)
git fetch
git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME main

# Run the script.
echo Running $@...
./$@

# If there were no changes. Return to the main branch and then delete our temporary branch.
if git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules; then
	echo No changes.;
	git checkout main;
	git branch -d $BRANCH_NAME;
	exit;
fi

# Commit to the branch.
CMD=$@
git commit -am "running $CMD at `date "+%FT%T"`"

if [ $PUSH -gt 0 ]; then
	# Push to github.
	if git push -u origin $BRANCH_NAME; then
		if hub pull-request -m "[auto] $CMD run at `date "+%FT%T"`"; then
			# Success, so we can delete our local copy. Use -D to force delete
			# even though it's not merged.
			git checkout main;
			git branch -D $BRANCH_NAME;
		fi
	fi
fi