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[PATCH v2] fetch: don't try to update unfetched tracking refs

From
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date
May 27, 2013, 16:33 UTC
Message-ID
<20130527163308.GO27005@serenity.lan>
In-Reply-To
<20130527161934.GB9235@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Since commit f269048 (fetch: opportunistically update tracking refs, 2013-05-11) we update tracking refs opportunistically when fetching remote branches. However, if there is a configured non-pattern refspec that does not match any of the refspecs given on the command line then a fatal error occurs.

Fix this by setting the "missing_ok" flag when calling get_fetch_map.
Test-added-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:19:34PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 05:01:29PM +0100, John Keeping wrote:
> 
> > > I'm not sure I understand what the last sentence means. I tried to add a
> > > test like:
> > [...]
> > > but it does not fail with the existing code. Can you give an example
> > > that fails?
> > 
> > I have this in my .git/config for git.git:
> > 
> >     [remote "origin"]
> >             url = git://github.com/gitster/git
> >             fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> >             fetch = +refs/notes/amlog:refs/notes/amlog
> 
> Ah, I see. It is not "the refspec on the command-line does not match a
> configured refspec", but rather "there exists a configured non-pattern
> refspec that does not match what was on the command-line (even if what
> was on the command-line did match another refspec)".

Exactly. I've changed the commit message to (hopefully) make this clearer.

> So your fix makes perfect sense. Do you mind squashing in this test
> below? I think it is a little less subtle than what you posted, as it
> sets up the situation explicitly in the test. It also checks that the
> refs we _did_ match still get updated ("master" in this case).
Done.
 builtin/fetch.c  |  2 +-
 t/t5510-fetch.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index e41cc0d..d15a734 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static struct ref *get_ref_map(struct transport *transport,
 		old_tail = tail;
 		for (i = 0; i < transport->remote->fetch_refspec_nr; i++)
 			get_fetch_map(ref_map, &transport->remote->fetch[i],
-				      &tail, 0);
+				      &tail, 1);
 		for (rm = *old_tail; rm; rm = rm->next)
 			rm->fetch_head_status = FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE;
 	} else {
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index ff43e08..fde6891 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -422,6 +422,22 @@ test_expect_success 'configured fetch updates tracking' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'non-matching refspecs do not confuse tracking update' '
+	cd "$D" &&
+	git update-ref refs/odd/location HEAD &&
+	(
+		cd three &&
+		git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master base-origin-master &&
+		git config --add remote.origin.fetch \
+			refs/odd/location:refs/remotes/origin/odd &&
+		o=$(git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/master) &&
+		git fetch origin master &&
+		n=$(git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/master) &&
+		test "$o" != "$n" &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/odd
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'pushing nonexistent branch by mistake should not segv' '
 
 	cd "$D" &&
-- 
1.8.3.rc3.438.gb3e4ae3
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