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[PATCH 5/8] push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real ref name

From
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Oct 27, 2007, 16:50 UTC
Message-ID
<11935038084055-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>
In-Reply-To
<11935038083369-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

This teaches "push <remote> HEAD" to resolve HEAD on the local side to its real ref name, e.g. refs/heads/master, and then use the real ref name on the remote side to search a matching remote ref.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
---
 remote.c              |   13 ++++++++++---
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 8908a19..1c96659 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ static struct ref *try_explicit_object_name(const char *name)
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	struct ref *ref;
 	int len;
+	char *real_name = 0;
+	const char *best_name;
 
 	if (!*name) {
 		ref = alloc_ref(20);
@@ -582,12 +584,17 @@ static struct ref *try_explicit_object_name(const char *name)
 		hashclr(ref->new_sha1);
 		return ref;
 	}
-	if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
+	if (get_sha1_with_real_ref(name, sha1, &real_name))
 		return NULL;
-	len = strlen(name) + 1;
+	best_name = real_name ? real_name : name;
+	len = strlen(best_name) + 1;
 	ref = alloc_ref(len);
-	memcpy(ref->name, name, len);
+	memcpy(ref->name, best_name, len);
 	hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, sha1);
+
+	if (real_name) {
+		free(real_name);
+	}
 	return ref;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 42ca0ff..0ff791a 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -282,6 +282,35 @@ test_expect_success 'push with colon-less refspec (4)' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push with HEAD' '
+
+	mk_test heads/master &&
+	git push testrepo HEAD &&
+	check_push_result $the_commit heads/master
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push with HEAD (--create)' '
+
+	mk_test &&
+	git push --create testrepo HEAD &&
+	check_push_result $the_commit heads/master
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push with HEAD nonexisting at remote' '
+
+	mk_test heads/master &&
+	git checkout -b local master &&
+	if git push testrepo HEAD
+	then
+		echo "Oops, should have failed"
+		false
+	else
+		check_push_result $the_first_commit heads/master
+	fi
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'push with dry-run' '
 
 	mk_test heads/master &&
-- 
1.5.3.4.1261.g626eb
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  1. 0/8 improve push's refspec handlingSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  2. 1/8 push: change push to fail if short ref name does not existSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  3. 2/8 push: teach push new flag --createSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  4. 3/8 add get_sha1_with_real_ref() returning full name of ref on demandSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  5. 4/8 rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full ref nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  6. 5/8 push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real ref nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  7. 6/8 add ref_cmp_full_short() comparing full ref name with a short nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  8. 7/8 push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecsSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  9. 8/8 push: teach push to be quiet if local ref is strict subset of remote refSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  11. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  13. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  15. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  17. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  18. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  20. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  22. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  24. Steffen ProhaskaOct 31, 2007
  25. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  26. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  28. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  29. Shawn O. PearceOct 28, 2007
  30. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  31. Brian GernhardtOct 28, 2007
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  34. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  35. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  36. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007

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