Initial Commit, moving from dev-private and removing private stuff
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script pulls a specific branch from the origin repository, making sure
+# not to keep the prefix. If the branch already exists, try to merge. If not,
+# check out from origin.
+#
+# Syntax: git-pull linaro-local/[branch] -f
+
+. llvm-common
+
+branch=$1
+if [[ $branch = '' ]]; then
+ branch=`get_branch`
+fi
+force=$2
+if [[ $force != '-f' ]]; then
+ force=
+fi
+
+if [[ $branch = 'master' ]]; then
+ echo "Can't pull the master branch."
+ echo "Use git-refresh instead."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+prefix="linaro-local/"
+if echo $branch | grep -q linaro-local; then
+ prefix=""
+fi
+
+safe_run git-refresh
+
+if git branch -a | not grep -q $branch; then
+ echo "Branch '$branch' doesn't exist in this repository"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+# If the branch exists already, merge
+if git branch | grep -q $branch; then
+ if [[ $force = '-f' ]]; then
+ echo " + Force check out $branch"
+ safe_run git checkout master
+ safe_run git branch -D $branch
+ safe_run git checkout -b $branch origin/$prefix$branch
+ exit 0
+ fi
+
+ echo " + Merging the origin branch..."
+ if not git merge --ff-only origin/$prefix$branch; then
+ echo "Error merging the branch. Use -f to force."
+ exit 1
+ fi
+# If not, just check out the branch
+else
+ safe_run git checkout -b $branch origin/$prefix$branch
+fi