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[PATCH 1/3] remote: Add warnings about mixin --mirror and other remotes

From
Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date
Jun 21, 2013, 10:04 UTC
Message-ID
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When cloning a repo with --mirror, and adding more remotes later, get_stale_heads for origin will mark all refs from other repos as stale. Add a warning to the documentation, and warn the user when we detect such things during git remote add.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
---
 Documentation/git-remote.txt |  6 +++++-
 builtin/remote.c             | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 581bb4c..d7457df 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ When a fetch mirror is created with `--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not
 be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but rather everything in
 'refs/' on the remote will be directly mirrored into 'refs/' in the
 local repository. This option only makes sense in bare repositories,
-because a fetch would overwrite any local commits.
+because a fetch would overwrite any local commits. If you want to add extra
+remotes to a repository created with `--mirror=fetch`, you will need to change
+the configuration of the mirrored remote to fetch only `refs/heads/*`,
+otherwise `git remote prune <remote>` will remove all branches for the extra
+remotes.
 +
 When a push mirror is created with `--mirror=push`, then `git push`
 will always behave as if `--mirror` was passed.
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 5e54d36..a4f9cb8 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ enum {
 #define MIRROR_PUSH 2
 #define MIRROR_BOTH (MIRROR_FETCH|MIRROR_PUSH)
 
+static int check_overlapping_refspec(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
+{
+	char *refspec = priv;
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->fetch_refspec_nr; i++) {
+		if(strcmp(refspec, remote->fetch[i].dst) &&
+		   (!fnmatch(refspec, remote->fetch[i].dst, 0) ||
+		    !fnmatch(remote->fetch[i].dst, refspec, 0))) {
+			warning(_("Overlapping refspecs detected: '%s' and '%s'"),
+			        refspec, remote->fetch[i].dst);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int add_branch(const char *key, const char *branchname,
 		const char *remotename, int mirror, struct strbuf *tmp)
 {
@@ -123,6 +138,8 @@ static int add_branch(const char *key, const char *branchname,
 	else
 		strbuf_addf(tmp, "refs/heads/%s:refs/remotes/%s/%s",
 				branchname, remotename, branchname);
+
+	for_each_remote(check_overlapping_refspec, strchr((const char*)tmp->buf, ':') + 1);
 	return git_config_set_multivar(key, tmp->buf, "^$", 0);
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.1-619-gbec0aa7
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Message 13 of 23 in “[BUG?] remote prune origin interacts badly with clone --mirror and multiple remotes”
  1. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 20, 2013
  2. remote: make prune work for mixed mirror/non-mirror reposDennis Kaarsemaker, Jun 20, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2013
  4. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 20, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2013
  6. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 20, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2013
  8. Jeff KingJun 20, 2013
  9. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 20, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2013
  11. remote: make prune work for mixed mirror/non-mirror reposDennis Kaarsemaker, Jun 20, 2013
  12. 0/3 Handling overlapping refspecs slightly smarterDennis Kaarsemaker, Jun 21, 2013
  13. 1/3 remote: Add warnings about mixin --mirror and other remotesDennis Kaarsemaker, Jun 21, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2013
  15. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 23, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2013
  17. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 23, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2013
  19. Dennis KaarsemakerJun 26, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2013
  21. 2/3 remote: Add test for prune and mixed --mirror and normal remotesDennis Kaarsemaker, Jun 21, 2013
  22. 3/3 remote: don't prune when detecting overlapping refspecsDennis Kaarsemaker, Jun 21, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2013

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