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[PATCH/RFC] git-svn: don't create master if another head exists

From
Marcin Owsiany <marcin@owsiany.pl>
Date
Jun 24, 2012, 22:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20120624220835.GA4762@beczulka>

git-svn insists on creating the "master" head (unless it exists) on every "fetch". While it is useful that it gets created initially (users expect this git convention), some users find it annoying that it gets recreated, especially when they would like the git branch names to follow SVN repository branch names. More background in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/115030

Make git-svn skip the "master" creation if there is another head ref pointing to the same place. This means "master" does get created on initial "clone" but does not get recreated once a user deletes it.

Signed-off-by: Marcin Owsiany <marcin@owsiany.pl>
---
 git-svn.perl |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 0b074c4..90f3d06 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1613,6 +1613,8 @@ sub post_fetch_checkout {
 	}
 
 	my $valid_head = verify_ref('HEAD^0');
+	my @heads_commits = eval { command(qw(show-ref --heads --hash)) };
+	return if $valid_head and grep { $_ eq $valid_head } @heads_commits;
 	command_noisy(qw(update-ref refs/heads/master), $gs->refname);
 	return if ($valid_head || !verify_ref('HEAD^0'));
 
-- 
1.7.7.3


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