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[PATCH 1/4] mirror pushing

From
Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Date
Nov 8, 2007, 16:58 UTC
Message-ID
<1194541257.0@pinky>
In-Reply-To
<20071108165801.GM9736@shadowen.org>
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Existing "git push --all" is almost perfect for backing up to another repository, except that "--all" only means "all branches" in modern git, and it does not delete old branches and tags that exist at the back-up repository that you have removed from your local repository.

This teaches "git-send-pack" a new "--mirror" option. The difference from the "--all" option are that (1) it sends all refs, not just branches, and (2) it deletes old refs you no longer have on the local side from the remote side.

[apw@shadowen.org: rebase to next post arguments update]
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
---
 builtin-send-pack.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 remote.c            |   15 ++++++++++-----
 send-pack.h         |    1 +
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-send-pack.c b/builtin-send-pack.c
index 5a0f5c6..d5ead97 100644
--- a/builtin-send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-send-pack.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "send-pack.h"
 
 static const char send_pack_usage[] =
-"git-send-pack [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]\n"
+"git-send-pack [--all | --mirror] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]\n"
 "  --all and explicit <ref> specification are mutually exclusive.";
 
 static struct send_pack_args args = {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int do_send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, const char *dest
 	if (!remote_tail)
 		remote_tail = &remote_refs;
 	if (match_refs(local_refs, remote_refs, &remote_tail,
-		       nr_refspec, refspec, args.send_all))
+		       nr_refspec, refspec, args.send_all | (args.send_mirror << 1)))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!remote_refs) {
@@ -259,20 +259,28 @@ static int do_send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, const char *dest
 		char old_hex[60], *new_hex;
 		int will_delete_ref;
 		const char *pretty_ref;
-		const char *pretty_peer;
+		const char *pretty_peer = NULL; /* only used when not deleting */
+		const unsigned char *new_sha1;
 
-		if (!ref->peer_ref)
-			continue;
+		if (!ref->peer_ref) {
+			if (!args.send_mirror)
+				continue;
+			new_sha1 = null_sha1;
+		}
+		else
+			new_sha1 = ref->peer_ref->new_sha1;
 
 		if (!shown_dest) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "To %s\n", dest);
 			shown_dest = 1;
 		}
 
+		will_delete_ref = is_null_sha1(new_sha1);
+
 		pretty_ref = prettify_ref(ref->name);
-		pretty_peer = prettify_ref(ref->peer_ref->name);
+		if (!will_delete_ref)
+			pretty_peer = prettify_ref(ref->peer_ref->name);
 
-		will_delete_ref = is_null_sha1(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1);
 		if (will_delete_ref && !allow_deleting_refs) {
 			fprintf(stderr, " ! %-*s %s (remote does not support deleting refs)\n",
 					SUMMARY_WIDTH, "[rejected]", pretty_ref);
@@ -280,7 +288,7 @@ static int do_send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, const char *dest
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!will_delete_ref &&
-		    !hashcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1)) {
+		    !hashcmp(ref->old_sha1, new_sha1)) {
 			if (args.verbose)
 				fprintf(stderr, " = %-*s %s -> %s\n",
 					SUMMARY_WIDTH, "[up to date]",
@@ -312,8 +320,7 @@ static int do_send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, const char *dest
 		    !is_null_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
 		    !ref->force) {
 			if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1) ||
-			    !ref_newer(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1,
-				       ref->old_sha1)) {
+			    !ref_newer(new_sha1, ref->old_sha1)) {
 				/* We do not have the remote ref, or
 				 * we know that the remote ref is not
 				 * an ancestor of what we are trying to
@@ -328,7 +335,7 @@ static int do_send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, const char *dest
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
-		hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1);
+		hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, new_sha1);
 		if (!will_delete_ref)
 			new_refs++;
 		strcpy(old_hex, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
@@ -459,6 +466,10 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				args.dry_run = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--mirror")) {
+				args.send_mirror = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--force")) {
 				args.force_update = 1;
 				continue;
@@ -483,7 +494,12 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	if (!dest)
 		usage(send_pack_usage);
-	if (heads && args.send_all)
+	/*
+	 * --all and --mirror are incompatible; neither makes sense
+	 * with any refspecs.
+	 */
+	if ((heads && (args.send_all || args.send_mirror)) ||
+					(args.send_all && args.send_mirror))
 		usage(send_pack_usage);
 
 	if (remote_name) {
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 59defdb..45dd59b 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -722,10 +722,12 @@ static const struct refspec *check_pattern_match(const struct refspec *rs,
  * without thinking.
  */
 int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
-	       int nr_refspec, const char **refspec, int all)
+	       int nr_refspec, const char **refspec, int flags)
 {
 	struct refspec *rs =
 		parse_ref_spec(nr_refspec, (const char **) refspec);
+	int send_all = flags & 01;
+	int send_mirror = flags & 02;
 
 	if (match_explicit_refs(src, dst, dst_tail, rs, nr_refspec))
 		return -1;
@@ -742,7 +744,7 @@ int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
 			if (!pat)
 				continue;
 		}
-		else if (prefixcmp(src->name, "refs/heads/"))
+		else if (!send_mirror && prefixcmp(src->name, "refs/heads/"))
 			/*
 			 * "matching refs"; traditionally we pushed everything
 			 * including refs outside refs/heads/ hierarchy, but
@@ -763,10 +765,13 @@ int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
 		if (dst_peer && dst_peer->peer_ref)
 			/* We're already sending something to this ref. */
 			goto free_name;
-		if (!dst_peer && !nr_refspec && !all)
-			/* Remote doesn't have it, and we have no
+
+		if (!dst_peer && !nr_refspec && !(send_all || send_mirror))
+			/*
+			 * Remote doesn't have it, and we have no
 			 * explicit pattern, and we don't have
-			 * --all. */
+			 * --all nor --mirror.
+			 */
 			goto free_name;
 		if (!dst_peer) {
 			/* Create a new one and link it */
diff --git a/send-pack.h b/send-pack.h
index 7a24f71..8ff1dc3 100644
--- a/send-pack.h
+++ b/send-pack.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ struct send_pack_args {
 	const char *receivepack;
 	unsigned verbose:1,
 		send_all:1,
+		send_mirror:1,
 		force_update:1,
 		use_thin_pack:1,
 		dry_run:1;
Previous: Andy Whitcroft
Message 23 of 23 in “git push mirror mode”
  1. Andy WhitcroftNov 8, 2007
  2. 1/2 mirror pushingAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  3. 2/2 git-push: plumb in --mirror modeAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 8, 2007
  5. Andy WhitcroftNov 8, 2007
  6. Andreas EricssonNov 8, 2007
  7. Andy WhitcroftNov 8, 2007
  8. Andreas EricssonNov 8, 2007
  9. Andy WhitcroftNov 8, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2007
  11. 1/2 mirror pushingAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 8, 2007
  13. 2/2 git-push: plumb in --mirror modeAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  14. git push mirror mode V3Andy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  15. 4/4 tests: git push mirror mode testsAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  16. tests: git push mirror mode tests V2Andy Whitcroft, Nov 9, 2007
  17. tests: git push mirror mode tests V2 -- add tag testsAndy Whitcroft, Nov 9, 2007
  18. git-push: add documentation for the newly add --mirror modeAndy Whitcroft, Nov 9, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2007
  20. Andy WhitcroftNov 12, 2007
  21. 2/4 mirror pushing -- clean up match_refs flagsAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  22. 3/4 git-push: plumb in --mirror modeAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007
  23. 1/4 mirror pushingAndy Whitcroft, Nov 8, 2007

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