Installation

Method 1: Install from Rubygems

Prerequisites

You must have the gem command available on your system.

Steps

Run the following command in your terminal:

1. gem install git_auto_checkout

Method 2: Manually install gem

The repostory is a typical Ruby gem, so it can be installed by cloning and locally building the .gem file. Follow these steps to install the gem manually:

Prerequisites

You must have git installed on your system, as well as the gem command available.

Steps

Run the following commnads in your terminal

1. git clone https://github.com/saghmrossi/git_auto_checkout/
2. cd git_auto_checkout
3. gem build git_auto_checkout.gemspec
4. gem install --local git_auto_checkout*.gem

You no longer need the repository after the gem is installed.

Usage

Assuming your gem paths are set up properly, the gem installation makes the git_auto_checkout executable available to you from anywhere. Run it in a directory that is a git repository and follow the prompts to checkout branches or past commits.