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Re: [PATCHv2] fetch: Only call a new ref a "branch" if it's under refs/heads/.

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2012, 20:07 UTC
Message-ID
<20120413200721.GA3549@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<1334336904-18649-1-git-send-email-marcnarc@xiplink.com>
marcnarc@xiplink.com wrote:
Show 8 quoted lines
> --- a/builtin/fetch.c
> +++ b/builtin/fetch.c
> @@ -293,14 +293,18 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
>  		const char *msg;
>  		const char *what;
>  		int r;
> -		if (!strncmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/", 10)) {
> +		if (!prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/")) {
This part is just a clean-up, right?
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>  			msg = "storing tag";
>  			what = _("[new tag]");
>  		}
> -		else {
> +		else if (!prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/heads/")) {
>  			msg = "storing head";
>  			what = _("[new branch]");
>  		}
> +		else {
> +			msg = "storing ref";
> +			what = _("[new ref]");
> +		}
Neat.  I like it, for what it's worth.

Sincerely, Jonathan

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Message 2 of 27 in “[PATCHv2] fetch: Only call a new ref a "branch" if it's under refs/heads/.”
  1. marcnarc@xiplink.comApr 13, 2012
  2. Jonathan NiederApr 13, 2012
  3. Marc BranchaudApr 16, 2012
  4. Jeff KingApr 13, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 13, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2012
  7. Marc BranchaudApr 16, 2012
  8. Jeff KingApr 16, 2012
  9. [PATCHv3] fetch: Use the remote's ref name to decide how to describe new refs.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Apr 16, 2012
  10. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2012
  12. Marc BranchaudApr 16, 2012
  13. 0/3 fetch: Only call a new ref a "branch" if it's under refs/heads/.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Apr 16, 2012
  14. 1/3 submodules: recursive fetch also checks new tags for submodule commitsmarcnarc@xiplink.com, Apr 16, 2012
  15. 2/3 fetch: Pass both the full remote ref and its short name to update_local_ref().marcnarc@xiplink.com, Apr 16, 2012
  16. 3/3 fetch: Use the remote's ref name to decide how to describe new refs.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Apr 16, 2012
  17. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2012
  18. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekApr 17, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 17, 2012
  20. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekApr 17, 2012
  21. Marc BranchaudApr 17, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederApr 17, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2012
  25. Marc BranchaudApr 17, 2012
  26. Jeff KingApr 17, 2012
  27. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2012

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