diff --git a/scripts/commit.sh b/scripts/commit.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# bash script to commit in accordance with the branch name
+# usage: ./scripts/commit.sh
+branch=$(git branch | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/\1/p')
+branch="${branch##*feat/}"
+branch="${branch//\_/ }"
+issue_number="${branch//Issue\-/}"
+title=$( cut -d ' ' -f 2- <<< "$issue_number" )
+issue_number=$( cut -d ' ' -f 1 <<< "$issue_number" )
+commit_message="feat: $title Closes #$issue_number"
+git commit -sam "$commit_message"
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diff --git a/scripts/commit_and_push.sh b/scripts/commit_and_push.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#  commits and push
+branch=$(git branch | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/\1/p')
+./scripts/commit.sh
+git push --set-upstream origin $branch
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diff --git a/scripts/create_new_branch.sh b/scripts/create_new_branch.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# bash script to create a new branch that respects the library standard
+#### ./scripts/create_new_branch.sh "[FEAT] - Implement instrument types #14"
+#### ./scripts/create_new_branch.sh "[FEAT] Implement instrument types #14"
+#### ./scripts/create_new_branch.sh "[FEAT] - Implement instrument types#14"
+base_issue=$1
+issue_number=${base_issue##*#}
+issue="${base_issue%%#*}"
+issue="${issue//\[FEAT\] \- /}"
+issue="${issue/\[FEAT\] /}"
+issue="${issue/\[FEAT\]/}"
+issue="${issue// /\_}"
+branch_name="feat/issue-$issue_number ${issue,,}"
+branch_name="${branch_name// /\_}"
+last_char="${branch_name: -1}"
+if [ "$last_char" = "_" ]
+then
+  branch_name=${branch_name::-1}
+fi
+git checkout -b $branch_name
+
+