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[PATCH v7 0/8] ambiguous checkout UI & checkout.defaultRemote

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 5, 2018, 14:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20180605144049.26488-1-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20180602115042.18167-1-avarab@gmail.com>

Fixes issues noted with v6, hopefully ready for queuing. A tbdiff with v6:

1: ab4529d9f5 = 1: 2ca81c76fc checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkout
2: c8bbece403 = 2: 19b14a1c75 checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name()
3: 881fe63f4f = 3: 8bc6a9c052 checkout.c: introduce an *_INIT macro
4: 72ddaeddd3 ! 4: 34f3b67f9b checkout.c: change "unique" member to "num_matches"
    @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
     Author: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
    -    checkout.c]: change "unique" member to "num_matches"
    +    checkout.c: change "unique" member to "num_matches"
         
         Internally track how many matches we find in the check_tracking_name()
         callback. Nothing uses this now, but it will be made use of in a later
5: 5e8c82680b = 5: 7d81c06a23 checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callers
6: 07e667f80a = 6: e86636ad2c builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for return
7: 0a148182e6 ! 7: c2130b347c checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"
    @@ -27,6 +27,28 @@
             hint: you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option:
             hint:
             hint:     git checkout --track origin/<name>
    +    
    +    Note that the "error: pathspec[...]" message is still printed. This is
    +    because whatever else checkout may have tried earlier, its final
    +    fallback is to try to resolve the argument as a path. E.g. in this
    +    case:
    +    
    +        $ ./git --exec-path=$PWD checkout master pu
    +        error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git.
    +        error: pathspec 'pu' did not match any file(s) known to git.
    +    
    +    There we don't print the "hint:" implicitly due to earlier logic
    +    around the DWIM fallback. That fallback is only used if it looks like
    +    we have one argument that might be a branch.
    +    
    +    I can't think of an intrinsic reason for why we couldn't in some
    +    future change skip printing the "error: pathspec[...]" error. However,
    +    to do so we'd need to pass something down to checkout_paths() to make
    +    it suppress printing an error on its own, and for us to be confident
    +    that we're not silencing cases where those errors are meaningful.
    +    
    +    I don't think that's worth it since determining whether that's the
    +    case could easily change due to future changes in the checkout logic.
         
         Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
8: f3a52a26a2 ! 8: f1ac0f7351 checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote
    @@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
         
             $ ./git --exec-path=$PWD checkout master
             error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git.
    -        hint: The argument 'master' matched more than one remote tracking branch.
    +        hint: 'master' matched more than one remote tracking branch.
             hint: We found 26 remotes with a reference that matched. So we fell back
             hint: on trying to resolve the argument as a path, but failed there too!
             hint:
    -        hint: If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on e.g. 'origin'
    -        hint: you can do so by fully-qualifying the name with the --track option:
    +        hint: If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin',
    +        hint: you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option:
             hint:
             hint:     git checkout --track origin/<name>
             hint:
    @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
      	status_uno_is_clean &&
     -	test_i18ngrep ! "^hint: " stderr
     +	test_i18ngrep ! "^hint: " stderr &&
    -+	# Make sure the likes of checkout -p don not print this hint
    ++	# Make sure the likes of checkout -p do not print this hint
     +	git checkout -p foo 2>stderr &&
     +	test_i18ngrep ! "^hint: " stderr &&
     +	status_uno_is_clean
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (8):
  checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkout
  checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name()
  checkout.c: introduce an *_INIT macro
  checkout.c: change "unique" member to "num_matches"
  checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callers
  builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for return
  checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"
  checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote
 Documentation/config.txt       | 26 +++++++++++++++
 Documentation/git-checkout.txt |  9 ++++++
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt |  9 ++++++
 advice.c                       |  2 ++
 advice.h                       |  1 +
 builtin/checkout.c             | 41 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 builtin/worktree.c             |  4 +--
 checkout.c                     | 37 ++++++++++++++++++---
 checkout.h                     |  4 ++-
 t/t2024-checkout-dwim.sh       | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t2025-worktree-add.sh        | 21 ++++++++++++
 11 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
-- 
2.17.0.290.gded63e768a
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Message 68 of 95 in “checkout & worktree: introduce a core.DWIMRemote setting”
  1. checkout & worktree: introduce a core.DWIMRemote settingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 2, 2018
  2. Duy NguyenMay 2, 2018
  3. Eric SunshineMay 2, 2018
  4. Duy NguyenMay 2, 2018
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 2, 2018
  6. checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.implicitRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 3, 2018
  7. Duy NguyenMay 3, 2018
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 4, 2018
  9. Duy NguyenMay 4, 2018
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 4, 2018
  11. Eric SunshineMay 4, 2018
  12. checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.implicitRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 24, 2018
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2018
  14. Duy NguyenMay 25, 2018
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 25, 2018
  16. Duy NguyenMay 26, 2018
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 31, 2018
  18. 0/9 ambiguous checkout UI & checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  19. 1/9 checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkoutÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2018
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 1, 2018
  22. 2/9 checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  23. 3/9 checkout.[ch]: move struct declaration into *.hÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  24. Thomas GummererMay 31, 2018
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2018
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 1, 2018
  27. 4/9 checkout.[ch]: introduce an *_INIT macroÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  28. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2018
  29. 5/9 checkout.[ch]: change "unique" member to "num_matches"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  30. 7/9 builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  31. 6/9 checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  32. 9/9 checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  33. Stefan BellerMay 31, 2018
  34. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2018
  35. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 1, 2018
  36. Thomas GummererMay 31, 2018
  37. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2018
  38. 8/9 checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 31, 2018
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2018
  40. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2018
  41. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 1, 2018
  42. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2018
  43. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 1, 2018
  44. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2018
  45. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 1, 2018
  46. 0/8 ambiguous checkout UI & checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  47. 1/8 checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkoutÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  48. 2/8 checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  49. 3/8 checkout.[ch]: introduce an *_INIT macroÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  50. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2018
  51. 4/8 checkout.[ch]: change "unique" member to "num_matches"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  52. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2018
  53. 6/8 builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  54. 5/8 checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  55. 8/8 checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  56. 7/8 checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 1, 2018
  57. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2018
  58. 0/8 ambiguous checkout UI & checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  59. 1/8 checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkoutÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  60. 2/8 checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  61. 3/8 checkout.c: introduce an *_INIT macroÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  62. 4/8 checkout.c]: change "unique" member to "num_matches"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  63. 6/8 builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  64. 5/8 checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  65. 7/8 checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  66. 8/8 checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 2, 2018
  67. Eric SunshineJun 3, 2018
  68. 0/8 ambiguous checkout UI & checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  69. 1/8 checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkoutÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  70. SZEDER GáborJun 5, 2018
  71. tests: make use of the test_must_be_empty functionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2018
  72. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2018
  73. SZEDER GáborJul 31, 2018
  74. t6018-rev-list-glob: fix 'empty stdin' testSZEDER Gábor, Aug 22, 2018
  75. Eric SunshineAug 22, 2018
  76. SZEDER GáborAug 22, 2018
  77. Eric SunshineAug 22, 2018
  78. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2018
  79. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2018
  80. Jeff KingAug 22, 2018
  81. rev-list: make empty --stdin not an errorJeff King, Aug 22, 2018
  82. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2018
  83. Jeff KingAug 22, 2018
  84. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2018
  85. Jeff KingAug 22, 2018
  86. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2018
  87. 3/8 checkout.c: introduce an *_INIT macroÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  88. 2/8 checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  89. 4/8 checkout.c: change "unique" member to "num_matches"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  90. 6/8 builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for returnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  91. 7/8 checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  92. 8/8 checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemoteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  93. 5/8 checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 5, 2018
  94. Eric SunshineMay 4, 2018
  95. Eric SunshineMay 4, 2018

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