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[PATCH v6 5/6] worktree: add --guess-remote flag to add subcommand

From
Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2017, 20:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20171129200451.16856-6-t.gummerer@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20171129200451.16856-1-t.gummerer@gmail.com>

Currently 'git worktree add <path>' creates a new branch named after the basename of the <path>, that matches the HEAD of whichever worktree we were on when calling "git worktree add <path>".

It's sometimes useful to have 'git worktree add <path> behave more like the dwim machinery in 'git checkout <new-branch>', i.e. check if the new branch name, derived from the basename of the <path>, uniquely matches the branch name of a remote-tracking branch, and if so check out that branch and set the upstream to the remote-tracking branch.

Add a new --guess-remote option that enables exactly that behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt |  7 +++++++
 builtin/worktree.c             | 10 ++++++++++
 t/t2025-worktree-add.sh        | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 3044d305a6..a4ffee5e08 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ OPTIONS
 	such as configuring sparse-checkout. See "Sparse checkout"
 	in linkgit:git-read-tree[1].
 
+--[no-]guess-remote::
+	With `worktree add <path>`, withouth `<commit-ish>`, instead
+	of creating a new branch from HEAD, if there exists a tracking
+	branch in exactly one remote matching the basename of `<path>,
+	base the new branch on the remote-tracking branch, and mark
+	the remote-tracking branch as "upstream" from the new branch.
+
 --[no-]track::
 	When creating a new branch, if `<commit-ish>` is a branch,
 	mark it as "upstream" from the new branch.  This is the
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 7021d02585..15cb1600ee 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 	char *path;
 	const char *branch;
 	const char *opt_track = NULL;
+	int guess_remote = 0;
 	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"),
@@ -355,6 +356,8 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_PASSTHRU(0, "track", &opt_track, NULL,
 			     N_("set up tracking mode (see git-branch(1))"),
 			     PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_OPTARG),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "guess-remote", &guess_remote,
+			 N_("try to match the new branch name with a remote-tracking branch")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -389,6 +392,13 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 		int n;
 		const char *s = worktree_basename(path, &n);
 		opts.new_branch = xstrndup(s, n);
+		if (guess_remote) {
+			struct object_id oid;
+			const char *remote =
+				unique_tracking_name(opts.new_branch, &oid);
+			if (remote)
+				branch = remote;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ac == 2 && !opts.new_branch && !opts.detach) {
diff --git a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
index 96ebc63d04..d25c774cb7 100755
--- a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
+++ b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
@@ -384,4 +384,33 @@ test_expect_success '"add" <path> <branch> dwims' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git worktree add does not match remote' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf repo_a repo_b foo &&
+	setup_remote_repo repo_a repo_b &&
+	(
+		cd repo_b &&
+		git worktree add ../foo
+	) &&
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+		test_must_fail git config "branch.foo.remote" &&
+		test_must_fail git config "branch.foo.merge" &&
+		! test_cmp_rev refs/remotes/repo_a/foo refs/heads/foo
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git worktree add --guess-remote sets up tracking' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf repo_a repo_b foo &&
+	setup_remote_repo repo_a repo_b &&
+	(
+		cd repo_b &&
+		git worktree add --guess-remote ../foo
+	) &&
+	(
+		cd foo &&
+		test_branch_upstream foo repo_a foo &&
+		test_cmp_rev refs/remotes/repo_a/foo refs/heads/foo
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.15.0.426.gb06021eeb
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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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