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Re: [PATCH 4/4] builtin-remote: add set-head verb

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2009, 02:18 UTC
Message-ID
<20090214021831.GB9907@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 06:00:29PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > It was immediately obvious to me as "auto" (I think I even suggested
> > "-a" in another thread, so maybe that is why it seems so sensible to
> > me).
> 
> Yeah, latest round has --auto in it.  Thanks, Jay.

Oops. I even went back and double-checked to make sure that it was not there, but it would have helped if I actually checked the latest version. :(

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> I do not care too deeply if an explicit request to "set-head --auto"
> screws up and sets a HEAD that was pointing at the right branch to another
> branch because the command is not taught to give preference to the branch
> HEAD originally points at, so I do not think I have any more issues with
> the series for now, even though I may notice things later.

I think that is reasonable; that is a separate enhancement which can come later and is no reason to block the existing patches.

> I have this series queued to private topic branch but it still does not
> pass tests (breaks #8 and #18 of t5505 at least) by itself; the previous
> round was no better.  I think it is just the matter of updating the
> expected output in the tests, but I didn't look further.

Test #8 is just a matter of updating output. But #18 is explicitly about checking that "remote show" does not show symbolic refs. But Jay's patch is about explicitly showing symbolic refs (just doing so as a ref-name instead of a sha1):

  * FAIL 18: "remote show" does not show symbolic refs
                git clone one three &&
                (cd three &&
                 git remote show origin > output &&
                 ! grep HEAD < output &&
                 ! grep -i stale < output)
I guess we could tighten the grep to
  ! egrep "HEAD: [0-9a-f]{40}" < output

but it may just make sense to get rid of the test; the exact output is already covered by test #8. Squashable patch is below.

---
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index eb63718..8808580 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ EOF
 cat > test/expect << EOF
 * remote origin
   URL: $(pwd)/one
+  HEAD: master
   Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
     master
   New remote branch (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
@@ -338,16 +339,6 @@ test_expect_success 'update default (overridden, with funny whitespace)' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success '"remote show" does not show symbolic refs' '
-
-	git clone one three &&
-	(cd three &&
-	 git remote show origin > output &&
-	 ! grep HEAD < output &&
-	 ! grep -i stale < output)
-
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'reject adding remote with an invalid name' '
 
 	test_must_fail git remote add some:url desired-name
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Message 13 of 41 in “remote HEAD improvements take 2”
  1. 0/4 remote HEAD improvements take 2Jay Soffian, Feb 13, 2009
  2. 1/4 builtin-clone: move locate_head() to remote.c so it can be re-usedJay Soffian, Feb 13, 2009
  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
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2009
  10. Jay SoffianFeb 13, 2009
  11. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2009
  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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