Scripting Git Commands in Windows

Question

I have a few git commands I would like to automate in a restrictive windows environment. I find myself running these same commands over and over, executing in Git Bash.

$ git cd "R:/my/directory/repo"
$ git pull
$ git checkout "MyBranch"
$ git merge "MyOtherBranch"

and

$ git checkout "MyBranch"
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "My commit comments"

I'm proficient with JScript, and I know it works in my restrictive windows environment, so what I want to do is to start my day by opening the command prompt and typing

cscript.exe "MyGitRefreshScript.wsf" "MyBranch" "MyOtherBranch"

And then on demand, throughout the rest of the day, I can do that, and also use

cscript.exe "MyGitCommitScript.wsf" "MyBranch" "My commit comments"

Then I can sit there happily with the command prompt open pressing the up arrow and run those all day long as I do my work.

I can not install third party applications or tools on my machine, so I am looking to just use JScript inside a .wsf file to accomplish this. I would also like to be able to see the output messages like I do when running the commands in Git Bash as I do now.

Something like:

<job id="main">
    <script language="JScript">
        var sh = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        sh.Run(Git.exe "SomeCommand" ?);

        //or

        var git = new ActiveXObject("Git");
        git.SomeCommand ???

        ...

Is this possible, and if so, how? Is there a clear alternative that doesn't involve some third party tool installation?

Thank you

Answer 1

Is there a clear alternative that doesn't involve some third party tool installation?

Yes, git uses a bash shell which you can use in git alias, or in git script.

Even on windows, you can define a file name git-xxx, with a shell script in it (which will be interpreted by the bash from git).
The shebang of that script (again, even on Windows) will be #!/bin/bash.

In that script, you can use the git commands, and use the shell parameters ($1, $2, ...).