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[PATCHv2 12/21] completion: list short refs from a remote given as a URL

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2017, 02:48 UTC
Message-ID
<20170203024829.8071-13-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
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<20170203024829.8071-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>

e832f5c09680 (completion: avoid ls-remote in certain scenarios, 2013-05-28) turned a 'git ls-remote <remote>' query into a 'git for-each-ref refs/remotes/<remote>/' to improve responsiveness of remote refs completion by avoiding potential network communication. However, it inadvertently made impossible to complete short refs from a remote given as a URL, e.g. 'git fetch git://server.com/repo.git <TAB>', because there is, of course, no such thing as 'refs/remotes/git://server.com/repo.git'.

Since the previous commit we tell apart configured remotes, i.e. those that can have a hierarchy under 'refs/remotes/', from others that don't, including remotes given as URL, so we know when we can't use the faster 'git for-each-ref'-based approach.

Resurrect the old, pre-e832f5c09680 'git ls-remote'-based code for the latter case to support listing short refs from remotes given as a URL. The code is slightly updated from the original to

  - take into account the path to the repository given on the command
    line (if any), and
  - omit 'ORIG_HEAD' from the query, as 'git ls-remote' will never
    list it anyway.

When the remote given to __git_refs() doesn't exist, then it will be handled by this resurrected 'git ls-remote' query. This code path doesn't list 'HEAD' unconditionally, which has the nice side effect of fixing two more expected test failures.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 t/t9902-completion.sh                  |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 6b489b7c8..4ded44977 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ __git_tags ()
 # Lists refs from the local (by default) or from a remote repository.
 # It accepts 0, 1 or 2 arguments:
 # 1: The remote to list refs from (optional; ignored, if set but empty).
+#    Can be the name of a configured remote, a path, or a URL.
 # 2: In addition to local refs, list unique branches from refs/remotes/ for
 #    'git checkout's tracking DWIMery (optional; ignored, if set but empty).
 __git_refs ()
@@ -410,9 +411,21 @@ __git_refs ()
 		done
 		;;
 	*)
-		echo "HEAD"
-		git --git-dir="$dir" for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short)" \
-			"refs/remotes/$remote/" 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s#^$remote/##"
+		if [ "$list_refs_from" = remote ]; then
+			echo "HEAD"
+			git --git-dir="$dir" for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short)" \
+				"refs/remotes/$remote/" 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s#^$remote/##"
+		else
+			git --git-dir="$dir" ls-remote "$remote" HEAD \
+				"refs/tags/*" "refs/heads/*" "refs/remotes/*" 2>/dev/null |
+			while read -r hash i; do
+				case "$i" in
+				*^{})	;;
+				refs/*)	echo "${i#refs/*/}" ;;
+				*)	echo "$i" ;;  # symbolic refs
+				esac
+			done
+		fi
 		;;
 	esac
 }
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 5b4defaa5..500505dca 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ test_expect_success '__git_refs - configured remote - remote name matches a dire
 	test_cmp expected "$actual"
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '__git_refs - URL remote' '
+test_expect_success '__git_refs - URL remote' '
 	cat >expected <<-EOF &&
 	HEAD
 	branch-in-other
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ test_expect_success '__git_refs - URL remote - full refs' '
 	test_cmp expected "$actual"
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '__git_refs - non-existing remote' '
+test_expect_success '__git_refs - non-existing remote' '
 	(
 		cur= &&
 		__git_refs non-existing >"$actual"
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ test_expect_success '__git_refs - non-existing remote - full refs' '
 	test_must_be_empty "$actual"
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '__git_refs - non-existing URL remote' '
+test_expect_success '__git_refs - non-existing URL remote' '
 	(
 		cur= &&
 		__git_refs "file://$ROOT/non-existing" >"$actual"
-- 
2.11.0.555.g967c1bcb3
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Message 7 of 28 in “[PATCHv2 00/21] completion: various __gitdir()-related improvements”
  1. SZEDER GáborFeb 3, 2017
  2. 02/21 completion tests: don't add test cruft to the test repositorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  3. 04/21 completion tests: consolidate getting path of current working directorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  4. 05/21 completion tests: check __gitdir()'s output in the error casesSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  5. 03/21 completion tests: make the $cur variable local to the test helper functionsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  6. 11/21 completion: don't list 'HEAD' when trying refs completion outside of a repoSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  7. 12/21 completion: list short refs from a remote given as a URLSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  8. 07/21 completion: ensure that the repository path given on the command line existsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  9. 16/21 completion: respect 'git -C <path>'SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  10. 08/21 completion: fix most spots not respecting 'git --git-dir=<path>'SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  11. 15/21 rev-parse: add '--absolute-git-dir' optionSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  12. 18/21 completion: consolidate silencing errors from git commandsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  13. 19/21 completion: don't guard git executions with __gitdir()SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  14. 10/21 completion: list refs from remote when remote's name matches a directorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  15. 17/21 completion: don't use __gitdir() for git commandsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  16. completion: restore removed line continuating backslashSZEDER Gábor, Feb 13, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2017
  18. SZEDER GáborFeb 15, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2017
  20. SZEDER GáborFeb 15, 2017
  21. 13/21 completion: don't offer commands when 'git --opt' needs an argumentSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  22. 20/21 completion: extract repository discovery from __gitdir()SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  23. 21/21 completion: cache the path to the repositorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  24. 09/21 completion: respect 'git --git-dir=<path>' when listing remote refsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  25. 14/21 completion: fix completion after 'git -C <path>'SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  26. 06/21 completion tests: add tests for the __git_refs() helper functionSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  27. 01/21 completion: improve __git_refs()'s in-code documentationSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2017

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