merge madness git tool

installation

git clone https://github.com/advectus/merge-madness.git ~/merge-madness
add merge-madness/bin to your PATH variable
export PATH=~/merge-madness/bin/git-merge-madness:$PATH
or copy the bin script from merge-madness/bin to a known bin path
cp ~/merge-madness/bin/git-merge-madness ~/bin/git-merge-madness
or set up symlink ln -s ~/merge-madness/bin/git-merge-madness ~/bin/git-merge-madness

how to use

move to WEM
cd wem
create a hidden manifest file in the root of WEM clone
vi .merge-madness-manifest
the manifest is a JSON structured branch list

{
  "branch-list": [
    "feature1",
    "feature2",
    "develop"
  ]
}

or just copy an example branch list manifest
cp ~/merge-madness/examples/bisque-release-manifest .merge-madness-manifest
run merge-madness
git merge-madness

understanding the output

{
  "feature1": {
    "feature2": {
      "status": "merged-ok"
    },
    "develop": {
      "status": "merged-ok"
    }
  },
  "feature2": {
    "feature1": {
      "status": "merged-ok" #pulled from hash["feature1"]["feature2"]
    },
    "develop": {
      "status": "merged-ok"
    }
  },
  "develop": {
    "feature1": {
      "status": "merged-ok" #pulled from hash["feature1"]["develop"]
    },
    "feature2": {
      "status": "merged-ok" #pulled from hash["feature2"]["develop"]
    }
  }
}