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[PATCH v3 4/4] submodule_needs_pushing() NEEDSWORK when we can not answer this question

From
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date
Nov 15, 2016, 14:56 UTC
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<1d87628994df89751afdcc7e180ebcdc29dde722.1479221071.git.hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
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Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
---
 submodule.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index e1196fd..29efee9 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -531,6 +531,14 @@ static int submodule_has_commits(const char *path, struct sha1_array *commits)
 static int submodule_needs_pushing(const char *path, struct sha1_array *commits)
 {
 	if (!submodule_has_commits(path, commits))
+		/* NEEDSWORK: The correct answer here is "We do not
+		 * know" instead of "No push needed". We currently
+		 * proceed pushing here as if the submodules commits are
+		 * available on a remote. Since we can not check the
+		 * remote availability for this submodule we should
+		 * consider changing this behavior to: Stop here and
+		 * tell the user how to skip this check if wanted.
+		 */
 		return 0;
 
 	if (for_each_remote_ref_submodule(path, has_remote, NULL) > 0) {
-- 
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Message 9 of 14 in “Speedup finding of unpushed submodules”
  1. 0/4 Speedup finding of unpushed submodulesHeiko Voigt, Nov 15, 2016
  2. 3/4 batch check whether submodule needs pushing into one callHeiko Voigt, Nov 15, 2016
  3. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2016
  4. Heiko VoigtNov 16, 2016
  5. 2/4 serialize collection of refs that contain submodule changesHeiko Voigt, Nov 15, 2016
  6. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2016
  7. 1/4 serialize collection of changed submodulesHeiko Voigt, Nov 15, 2016
  8. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2016
  9. 4/4 submodule_needs_pushing() NEEDSWORK when we can not answer this questionHeiko Voigt, Nov 15, 2016
  10. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2016
  12. Heiko VoigtNov 16, 2016
  13. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2016
  14. Brandon WilliamsNov 15, 2016

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