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[PATCH 3/4] builtin-remote: teach show to display remote HEAD

From
Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 13, 2009, 08:54 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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This is in preparation for teaching remote how to set refs/remotes/<remote>/HEAD to match what HEAD is set to at <remote>, but is useful in its own right.

Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-remote.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index b89a353..465c87a 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static void read_branches(void)
 struct ref_states {
 	struct remote *remote;
 	struct string_list new, stale, tracked;
+	char *head_name;
 };
 
 static int handle_one_branch(const char *refname,
@@ -271,6 +272,26 @@ static int get_ref_states(const struct ref *ref, struct ref_states *states)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char *get_head_name(const struct ref *refs)
+{
+	const struct ref *head_points_at;
+	struct ref *mapped_refs = NULL;
+	struct ref **tail = &mapped_refs;
+	struct refspec refspec;
+
+	refspec.force = 0;
+	refspec.pattern = 1;
+	refspec.src = refspec.dst = "refs/heads/";
+
+	get_fetch_map(refs, &refspec, &tail, 0);
+
+	head_points_at = guess_remote_head(refs, mapped_refs, NULL);
+	if (head_points_at)
+		return xstrdup(abbrev_branch(head_points_at->name));
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct known_remote {
 	struct known_remote *next;
 	struct remote *remote;
@@ -637,6 +658,7 @@ static void free_remote_ref_states(struct ref_states *states)
 	string_list_clear(&states->new, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states->stale, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states->tracked, 0);
+	free(states->head_name);
 }
 
 static int get_remote_ref_states(const char *name,
@@ -658,6 +680,7 @@ static int get_remote_ref_states(const char *name,
 		ref = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
 		transport_disconnect(transport);
 
+		states->head_name = get_head_name(ref);
 		get_ref_states(ref, states);
 	}
 
@@ -702,6 +725,9 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 		printf("* remote %s\n  URL: %s\n", *argv,
 			states.remote->url_nr > 0 ?
 				states.remote->url[0] : "(no URL)");
+		if (!no_query)
+			printf("  HEAD: %s\n", states.head_name ?
+				states.head_name : "(unknown)");
 
 		for (i = 0; i < branch_list.nr; i++) {
 			struct string_list_item *branch = branch_list.items + i;
-- 
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  3. 2/4 builtin-remote: move duplicated cleanup code its own functionJay Soffian, Feb 13, 2009
  4. 3/4 builtin-remote: teach show to display remote HEADJay Soffian, Feb 13, 2009
  5. 4/4 builtin-remote: add set-head verbJay Soffian, Feb 13, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2009
  7. Jay SoffianFeb 13, 2009
  8. 4/4 builtin-remote: add set-head subcommandJay Soffian, Feb 13, 2009
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  10. Jay SoffianFeb 13, 2009
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  13. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  14. Jay SoffianFeb 14, 2009
  15. Jay SoffianFeb 14, 2009
  16. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  17. builtin-remote: better handling of multiple remote HEADsJay Soffian, Feb 14, 2009
  18. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  19. Jay SoffianFeb 14, 2009
  20. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2009
  22. Daniel BarkalowFeb 14, 2009
  23. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  24. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2009
  25. 1/5 test scripts: refactor start_httpd helperJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  26. 2/5 add basic http clone/fetch testsJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  28. 3/5 refactor find_refs_by_name to accept const listJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  29. 4/5 remote: refactor guess_remote_headJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  30. 5/5 remote: use exact HEAD lookup if it is availableJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  31. Jay SoffianFeb 15, 2009
  32. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2009
  33. 1/2 transport: cleanup duplicated ref fetching codeJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  34. 2/2 transport: unambiguously determine local HEADJeff King, Feb 15, 2009
  35. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2009
  36. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2009
  37. Jay SoffianFeb 15, 2009
  38. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  40. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2009
  41. Jay SoffianFeb 13, 2009

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