youtracker

Create default branches based on YouTrack issues

requirements

nodejs needs to be installed
git needs to be installed

installation npm

npm install -g youtracker
adjust the settings-yt-issue-branch.json to your needs

installation manually

checkout the repository
cp settings-yt-issue-branch.default.json settings-yt-issue-branch.json
adjust the settings-yt-issue-branch.json to your needs
npm install
add to PATH where yt-issue-branch is in

usage

cd <other git tracked repository>
yt-issue-branch 123 or yt-issue-branch PROJECTID-123

what will it do

connect to YouTrack and get the issue's summary
normalize the summary
checkout the default branch and pull the latest state
create a branch from the latest default branch, name it <PROJECTID-123>_add-functionality-xyz and check it out