function xxgit-merge () {
	_SCRIPT_NAME="xxgit-merge"
	_SCRIPT_VERSION="1.0"
    function log() {
        local _BRed='\e[1;31m'    # Red
        local _BYellow='\e[1;33m' # Yellow
        local _BBlue='\e[1;34m'   # Blue
        local _BWhite='\e[1;37m'  # White
        local _NC="\e[m"          # Color Reset
        local _message="$1"
        local _level="$2"
        local _nl="\n"
        _timestamp=$(date +%d.%m.%Y-%d:%H:%M:%S-%Z)
        case $(echo "$_level" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') in
        "info" | "information")
            echo -ne "${_BWhite}[INFO][${_SCRIPT_NAME} ${_SCRIPT_VERSION}][${_timestamp}]: ${_message}${_NC}${_nl}"
            ;;
        "warn" | "warning")
            echo -ne "${_BYellow}[WARN][${_SCRIPT_NAME} ${_SCRIPT_VERSION}][${_timestamp}]: ${_message}${_NC}${_nl}"
            ;;
        "err" | "error")
            echo -ne "${_BRed}[ERR][${_SCRIPT_NAME} ${_SCRIPT_VERSION}][${_timestamp}]: ${_message}${_NC}${_nl}"
            ;;
        *)
            echo -ne "${_BBlue}[UNKNOWN][${_SCRIPT_NAME} ${_SCRIPT_VERSION}][${_timestamp}]: ${_message}${_NC}${_nl}"
            ;;
        esac
    }
    function show_help() {
		log "Usage:" "info"
		log "xxgit-merge {FROMBRANCH} {TOBRANCH}" "info"
		return 0
    }
    _args="$#"
    case "$_args" in
        0) 
            show_help
            ;;
        1) echo "1"
            log "Invalid number of parameters. Two are needed, only one provided." "err"
			return 1
            ;;
        2)
			_is_git=$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree)
			if [ "$_is_git" != "true" ]; then
				log "This folder '$(pwd)' does not seem to be git repository." "err"
				return 1
			fi 
            log "Merging branch '$1' into '$2'" "info"
            ;;
        *)
            log "Invalid number of parameters. Two are needed." "err"
			return 1
            ;;
    esac
    FROMBRANCH="$1"
    TOBRANCH="$2"
    git config remote.origin.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
	log "Updating all branches..." "info"
    git remote update
    git fetch --all
	log "Checking out $TOBRANCH..." "info"
    git checkout "$TOBRANCH"
	log "Merging $TOBRANCH..." "info"
    git merge --no-ff --no-edit "$FROMBRANCH"
    LASTSTATUS=$?
    log "Status of 'git merge' was $LASTSTATUS" "info"
    if [ $LASTSTATUS -ne 0 ]; then
        log "The merge failed. Probbably there is an unresolved conflict." "err"
        return 1
    fi
    git push
    git push --tags
	log "All done. Exiting..." "info"
}