oops. Luckily I did not include my password.
`$2` would not work for me, as my username and github username are not the same, and I use `$USER` in the branch name, so it should probably be `$USER` in here (or `$2` in there). But if you want to use these scripts as well, we may use this opportunity to choose the naming convention we want to use in branches (e.g. `issue` vs `story`, etc.)