bash to zip git all files for checkins

zipGit.sh

# Define the oldest and newest commit hashes
OLDEST_COMMIT="e8264b948705ec4adefb9caa875c569753134516"
NEWEST_COMMIT="5b524772c15f9b7cff017bdb000db40709da28a4"

# Create a temporary directory to store the files
mkdir -p rails6_upgrade_files

# Get list of all changed files between these commits
git diff --name-only $OLDEST_COMMIT..$NEWEST_COMMIT > changed_files.txt

# Copy each file to the temporary directory with its directory structure
while IFS= read -r file; do
  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
    mkdir -p "rails6_upgrade_files/$(dirname "$file")"
    cp "$file" "rails6_upgrade_files/$(dirname "$file")/"
  fi
done < changed_files.txt

# Create a zip file with all the changed files
zip -r rails6_upgrade_files.zip rails6_upgrade_files

# Clean up the temporary directory
rm -rf rails6_upgrade_files
rm changed_files.txt

echo "All files from the Rails 6 upgrade have been zipped to rails6_upgrade_files.zip"