#! /usr/bin/python

import os

dir1 = "essays"
dir2 = "../tmp"
tmpBranchName = "other"

execCommand = os.system

strCmd1 = "cd %s && git remote add %s %s && git fetch %s \
&& git checkout -b  %s %s/master && git checkout master \
&& git merge %s && git branch -d %s && cd .." % (dir1,tmpBranchName,dir2, \
tmpBranchName,tmpBranchName,tmpBranchName,tmpBranchName,tmpBranchName,)
print strCmd1
execCommand(strCmd1)