require-clean-work-tree.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# VonC CC BY-SA 4.0
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/3879077
# https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    # Update the index
    git update-index -q --ignore-submodules --refresh
    err=0

    # Disallow unstaged changes in the working tree
    if ! git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules --
    then
        echo >&2 "cannot $1: you have unstaged changes."
        git diff-files --name-status -r --ignore-submodules -- >&2
        err=1
    fi

    # Disallow uncommitted changes in the index
    if ! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD --ignore-submodules --
    then
        echo >&2 "cannot $1: your index contains uncommitted changes."
        git diff-index --cached --name-status -r --ignore-submodules HEAD -- >&2
        err=1
    fi

    if [ $err = 1 ]
    then
        echo >&2 "Please commit or stash them."
        exit 1
    fi