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[PATCH v4 2/4] worktree: add --[no-]track option to the add subcommand

From
Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 22, 2017, 22:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20171122223020.2780-3-t.gummerer@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20171122223020.2780-1-t.gummerer@gmail.com>

Currently 'git worktree add' sets up tracking branches if '<branch>' is a remote tracking branch, and doesn't set them up otherwise, as is the default for 'git branch'.

This may or may not be what the user wants. Allow overriding this behaviour with a --[no-]track flag that gets passed through to 'git branch'.

We already respect branch.autoSetupMerge, as 'git worktree' just calls 'git branch' internally.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt |  6 +++++
 builtin/worktree.c             |  8 ++++++
 t/t2025-worktree-add.sh        | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index b472acc356..798a642f84 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	such as configuring sparse-checkout. See "Sparse checkout"
 	in linkgit:git-read-tree[1].
 
+--[no-]track::
+	With `--track` `<branch>` is set as "tracking" branch for
+	`<new-branch>`.  This is the default if `<branch>` is a remote
+	tracking branch, and can be suppressed with `--no-track`.  See
+	also linkgit:git-branch[1].
+
 --lock::
 	Keep the working tree locked after creation. This is the
 	equivalent of `git worktree lock` after `git worktree add`,
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 7b9307aa58..8f9446d43c 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 	const char *new_branch_force = NULL;
 	char *path;
 	const char *branch;
+	const char *opt_track = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, N_("checkout <branch> even if already checked out in other worktree")),
 		OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, N_("branch"),
@@ -350,6 +351,9 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &opts.detach, N_("detach HEAD at named commit")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "checkout", &opts.checkout, N_("populate the new working tree")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "lock", &opts.keep_locked, N_("keep the new working tree locked")),
+		OPT_PASSTHRU(0, "track", &opt_track, NULL,
+			     N_("set up tracking mode (see git-branch(1))"),
+			     PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_OPTARG),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -394,9 +398,13 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 			argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--force");
 		argv_array_push(&cp.args, opts.new_branch);
 		argv_array_push(&cp.args, branch);
+		if (opt_track)
+			argv_array_push(&cp.args, opt_track);
 		if (run_command(&cp))
 			return -1;
 		branch = opts.new_branch;
+	} else if (opt_track) {
+		die(_("--[no-]track can only be used if a new branch is created"));
 	}
 
 	UNLEAK(path);
diff --git a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
index b5c47ac602..53042ce565 100755
--- a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
+++ b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
@@ -313,5 +313,60 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout a branch under bisect' '
 test_expect_success 'rename a branch under bisect not allowed' '
 	test_must_fail git branch -M under-bisect bisect-with-new-name
 '
+# Is branch "refs/heads/$1" set to pull from "$2/$3"?
+test_branch_upstream () {
+	printf "%s\n" "$2" "refs/heads/$3" >expect.upstream &&
+	{
+		git config "branch.$1.remote" &&
+		git config "branch.$1.merge"
+	} >actual.upstream &&
+	test_cmp expect.upstream actual.upstream
+}
+
+test_expect_success '--track sets up tracking' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf track &&
+	git worktree add --track -b track track master &&
+	git config "branch.track.merge" &&
+	(
+		test_branch_upstream track . master
+	)
+'
+
+# setup remote repository $1 and repository $2 with $1 set up as
+# remote.  The remote has two branches, master and foo.
+setup_remote_repo () {
+	git init $1 &&
+	(
+		cd $1 &&
+		test_commit $1_master &&
+		git checkout -b foo &&
+		test_commit upstream_foo
+	) &&
+	git init $2 &&
+	(
+		cd $2 &&
+		test_commit $2_master &&
+		git remote add $1 ../$1 &&
+		git config remote.$1.fetch \
+			"refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/$1/*" &&
+		git fetch --all
+	)
+}
+
+test_expect_success '--no-track avoids setting up tracking' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf repo_upstream repo_local foo &&
+	setup_remote_repo repo_upstream repo_local &&
+	(
+		cd repo_local &&
+		git worktree add --no-track -b foo ../foo repo_upstream/foo
+	) &&
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+		! test_branch_upstream foo repo_upstream foo &&
+		git rev-parse repo_upstream/foo >expect &&
+		git rev-parse foo >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
 
 test_done
-- 
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  1. 0/4 make git worktree add dwim moreThomas Gummerer, Nov 22, 2017
  2. 4/4 worktree: make add <path> dwimThomas Gummerer, Nov 22, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2017
  4. Thomas GummererNov 25, 2017
  5. Paul SmithNov 25, 2017
  6. Thomas GummererNov 25, 2017
  7. Randall S. BeckerNov 25, 2017
  8. Thomas GummererNov 25, 2017
  9. Paul SmithNov 25, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2017
  11. Thomas GummererNov 26, 2017
  12. 3/4 worktree: make add <path> <branch> dwimThomas Gummerer, Nov 22, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2017
  14. 1/4 checkout: factor out functions to new lib fileThomas Gummerer, Nov 22, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2017
  16. 2/4 worktree: add --[no-]track option to the add subcommandThomas Gummerer, Nov 22, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2017
  18. Thomas GummererNov 25, 2017
  19. 0/6 make git worktree add dwim moreThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  20. 1/6 checkout: factor out functions to new lib fileThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  21. 2/6 worktree: add can be created from any commit-ishThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  22. 3/6 worktree: add --[no-]track option to the add subcommandThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  23. 4/6 worktree: make add <path> <branch> dwimThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  24. 6/6 add worktree.guessRemote config optionThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2017
  26. Thomas GummererNov 27, 2017
  27. 5/6 worktree: add --guess-remote flag to add subcommandThomas Gummerer, Nov 26, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2017
  29. Thomas GummererNov 27, 2017
  30. 0/6 make git worktree add dwim moreThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017
  31. 1/6 checkout: factor out functions to new lib fileThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017
  32. 2/6 worktree: add can be created from any commit-ishThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017
  33. 3/6 worktree: add --[no-]track option to the add subcommandThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017
  34. 5/6 worktree: add --guess-remote flag to add subcommandThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017
  35. 6/6 add worktree.guessRemote config optionThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017
  36. 4/6 worktree: make add <path> <branch> dwimThomas Gummerer, Nov 29, 2017

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