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Re: git-branch --print-current

From
Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 4, 2009, 08:21 UTC
Message-ID
<1a69a9d80901040021i1dae2c6j7337cf57eed6476a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<quack.20090101T1928.lthzliaqtdf@roar.cs.berkeley.edu>
Hi,
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Karl Chen <quarl@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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>
> How about an option to git-branch that just prints the name of the
> current branch for scripts' sake?  To replace:
>
>    git branch --no-color 2>/dev/null | perl -ne '/^[*] (.*)/ && print $1'

FWIW, I had this in a stalled modification in a tree, it just add the '-c' (as "current") option to git branch. Patch is mostly for the record :/

The main trouble I have with pipe stuff is that it forks a process for something that can be done natively. Previously, I was using awk(1) to extract the current branch:

$ git branch | awk '/^\*/ {print $2}'
 - Arnaud
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 494cbac..2846768 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
-	"git branch [options] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]",
+	"git branch [options] [-r | -a | -c] [--merged | --no-merged]",
 	"git branch [options] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]",
 	"git branch [options] [-r] (-d | -D) <branchname>",
 	"git branch [options] (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>",
@@ -312,9 +312,6 @@ static void print_ref_item(struct ref_item *item, int maxwidth, int verbose,
 	int color;
 	struct commit *commit = item->commit;
 
-	if (!matches_merge_filter(commit))
-		return;
-
 	switch (item->kind) {
 	case REF_LOCAL_BRANCH:
 		color = COLOR_BRANCH_LOCAL;
@@ -373,18 +370,58 @@ static int calc_maxwidth(struct ref_list *refs)
 	return w;
 }
 
-static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev, struct commit_list *with_commit)
+static inline int is_current(struct ref_item *item, int detached)
+{
+
+	if (detached ||
+	    item->kind != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH ||
+	    strcmp(item->name, head) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void print_ref_list(struct ref_list *ref_list, int kinds, int detached,
+    int verbose, int abbrev, struct commit_list *with_commit)
 {
+	struct commit *head_commit;
 	int i;
+
+	head_commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(head_sha1, 1);
+
+	detached = (detached && (kinds & REF_LOCAL_BRANCH));
+	if (detached && head_commit && has_commit(head_commit, with_commit)) {
+		struct ref_item item;
+		item.name = xstrdup("(no branch)");
+		item.kind = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
+		item.commit = head_commit;
+		if (strlen(item.name) > ref_list->maxwidth)
+			ref_list->maxwidth = strlen(item.name);
+		print_ref_item(&item, ref_list->maxwidth, verbose, abbrev, 1);
+		free(item.name);
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < ref_list->index; i++) {
+		int current = is_current(&ref_list->list[i], detached);
+		print_ref_item(&ref_list->list[i], ref_list->maxwidth, verbose,
+			       abbrev, current);
+	}
+
+}
+
+static void print_branch(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev,
+			 int only_current, struct commit_list *with_commit)
+{
 	struct ref_list ref_list;
-	struct commit *head_commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(head_sha1, 1);
+	int i;
 
 	memset(&ref_list, 0, sizeof(ref_list));
 	ref_list.kinds = kinds;
 	ref_list.with_commit = with_commit;
 	if (merge_filter != NO_FILTER)
 		init_revisions(&ref_list.revs, NULL);
+
 	for_each_ref(append_ref, &ref_list);
+
 	if (merge_filter != NO_FILTER) {
 		struct commit *filter;
 		filter = lookup_commit_reference_gently(merge_filter_ref, 0);
@@ -399,29 +436,24 @@ static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev, str
 
 	qsort(ref_list.list, ref_list.index, sizeof(struct ref_item), ref_cmp);
 
-	detached = (detached && (kinds & REF_LOCAL_BRANCH));
-	if (detached && head_commit && has_commit(head_commit, with_commit)) {
-		struct ref_item item;
-		item.name = xstrdup("(no branch)");
-		item.kind = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
-		item.commit = head_commit;
-		if (strlen(item.name) > ref_list.maxwidth)
-			ref_list.maxwidth = strlen(item.name);
-		print_ref_item(&item, ref_list.maxwidth, verbose, abbrev, 1);
-		free(item.name);
-	}
+	if (only_current) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ref_list.index; i++) {
+			if (!is_current(&ref_list.list[i], detached))
+				continue;
+			if (!matches_merge_filter(ref_list.list[i].commit))
+				continue;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ref_list.index; i++) {
-		int current = !detached &&
-			(ref_list.list[i].kind == REF_LOCAL_BRANCH) &&
-			!strcmp(ref_list.list[i].name, head);
-		print_ref_item(&ref_list.list[i], ref_list.maxwidth, verbose,
-			       abbrev, current);
+			printf("%s\n", ref_list.list[i].name);
+		}
+		goto free_it;
 	}
 
+	print_ref_list(&ref_list, kinds, detached, verbose,
+	    abbrev, with_commit);
+
+free_it:
 	free_ref_list(&ref_list);
 }
-
 static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
 {
 	struct strbuf oldref = STRBUF_INIT, newref = STRBUF_INIT, logmsg = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -499,7 +531,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int delete = 0, rename = 0, force_create = 0;
 	int verbose = 0, abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV, detached = 0;
-	int reflog = 0;
+	int only_current = 0, reflog = 0;
 	enum branch_track track;
 	int kinds = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
 	struct commit_list *with_commit = NULL;
@@ -524,6 +556,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT,
 			opt_parse_with_commit, (intptr_t) "HEAD",
 		},
+		OPT_SET_INT('c', NULL, &only_current, "show only current branch", 1),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
 
 		OPT_GROUP("Specific git-branch actions:"),
@@ -576,9 +609,10 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (delete)
 		return delete_branches(argc, argv, delete > 1, kinds);
-	else if (argc == 0)
-		print_ref_list(kinds, detached, verbose, abbrev, with_commit);
-	else if (rename && (argc == 1))
+	else if (argc == 0) {
+		print_branch(kinds, detached, verbose, abbrev, only_current,
+		    with_commit);
+	}else if (rename && (argc == 1))
 		rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
 	else if (rename && (argc == 2))
 		rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
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Message 21 of 28 in “git-branch --print-current”
  1. Karl ChenJan 2, 2009
  2. David AguilarJan 2, 2009
  3. Karl ChenJan 4, 2009
  4. Miklos VajnaJan 4, 2009
  5. Karl ChenJan 4, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2009
  7. git-rev-parse --symbolic-abbrev-name [was Re: git-branch --print-current]Karl Chen, Jan 4, 2009
  8. demerphqJan 4, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2009
  10. Arnaud LacombeJan 4, 2009
  11. Miklos VajnaJan 4, 2009
  12. Arnaud LacombeJan 5, 2009
  13. Miklos VajnaJan 5, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2009
  15. Arnaud LacombeJan 7, 2009
  16. demerphqJan 4, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2009
  18. Shawn O. PearceJan 5, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2009
  20. Jeff KingJan 5, 2009
  21. Arnaud LacombeJan 4, 2009
  22. Karl ChenJan 4, 2009
  23. demerphqJan 4, 2009
  24. Arnaud LacombeJan 4, 2009
  25. Adeodato SimóJan 4, 2009
  26. Jakub NarebskiJan 4, 2009
  27. Alexandre DulaunoyJan 4, 2009
  28. demerphqJan 4, 2009

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