From fa7af7ab195346b11a0bb401050d7c06f4a3ffaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Eversberg <jolly@eversberg.eu>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:30:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 	new file:   checkout-branch.sh

---
 checkout-branch.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 checkout-branch.sh

diff --git a/checkout-branch.sh b/checkout-branch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb9ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkout-branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#checks out the given branch
+
+if [ "$1" = "" ] ; then
+        echo "please provide one of the branch names:"
+        git branch -a
+        exit
+fi
+
+git checkout -b $1 origin/$1
+git config branch.$1.remote origin
+git config branch.$1.merge refs/heads/$1
+
-- 
2.13.6