watch all branches for changes

bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests

@@ -1,36 +1,52 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# get the current branch name
-BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+# Configuration: Set the remote repository name and check interval
+BUILD_CMD="gw-test"              # Placeholder for the build command
+
+# Fetch the latest updates from the origin
+git fetch origin
+
+# Keep track of local branches at the start
+local_branches=$(git branch -r | sed 's/origin\///')
 
 while true; do
+    echo "Checking for new branches..."
 
-  # get the latest commit hashes from origin and local
-  git fetch origin
-  LOCAL=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-  REMOTE=$(git rev-parse origin/$BRANCH)
+    # Fetch the latest updates from the origin
+    git fetch origin
 
-  # check if the local branch differs from the remote branch
-  if [ "$LOCAL" != "$REMOTE" ]; then
-    echo "local $LOCAL differs from remote $REMOTE => pulling changes from origin"
-    git pull origin $BRANCH
+    # List the remote branches after fetching and compare with local branches
+    new_branches=$(git branch -r | sed 's/origin\///' | grep -Fxv "$local_branches")
 
-    # run the command
-    echo "Running ./gradlew test"
-    source .aliases # only variables, aliases are not expanded in scripts
-    ./gradlew test
-  fi
+    if [ -n "$new_branches" ]; then
+        for branch in $new_branches; do
+            echo "New branch detected: $branch"
 
-  # wait 10s with a little animation
-  echo -e -n " waiting for changes (/) ..."
-  sleep 2
-  echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes (-) ..."
-  sleep 2
-  echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes (\) ..."
-  sleep 2
-  echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes (|) ..."
-  sleep 2
-  echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes ( ) ... "
-  sleep 2
-  echo -e -n "\r\033[K"
+            # Check out the new branch locally
+            git checkout -b "$branch" "origin/$branch"
+
+            # Placeholder for build process (replace $BUILD_CMD with actual build steps)
+            echo "Building branch $branch..."
+            # eval "$BUILD_CMD"
+
+            # Update the local branch list
+            local_branches="$local_branches $branch"
+        done
+    else
+        echo "No new branches found."
+    fi
+
+    # wait 10s with a little animation
+      echo -e -n " waiting for changes (/) ..."
+      sleep 2
+      echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes (-) ..."
+      sleep 2
+      echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes (\) ..."
+      sleep 2
+      echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes (|) ..."
+      sleep 2
+      echo -e -n "\r\033[K waiting for changes ( ) ... "
+      sleep 2
+      echo -e -n "\r\033[K checking for changes"
 done
+