How to update a file across all branches in a Git repository

Question

In the case that a a repository has a number of branches: How does one simply update a file across all the branches.

In this case it\'s a bashrc like file that specif

Answer 1

I think, it is bit late but following script will help you in this.

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# != 1 ]; then
    echo "usage: $0 "
    exit;
fi

branches=`git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/\*`
curr_branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
# echo "curr_branch:"$curr_branch

filename=$1
file_in_repo=`git ls-files ${filename}`

if [ ! "$file_in_repo" ]; then
    echo "file not added in current branch"
    exit
fi

for branch in ${branches[@]}; do
    if [[ ${branch} != ${curr_branch} ]]; then
        git checkout "${branch}"
        git checkout "${curr_branch}" -- "$filename"
        git commit -am "Added $filename in $branch from $curr_branch"
        echo ""
    fi
done
git checkout "${curr_branch}"