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[PATCH v3 14/16] completion: improve handling of --track in switch/checkout

From
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Date
May 28, 2020, 18:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20200528181048.3509470-15-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
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From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>

Current completion for the --track option of git switch and git checkout is sub par. In addition to the DWIM logic of a bare branch name, --track has DWIM logic to convert specified remote/branch names into a local branch tracking that remote. For example

  $git switch --track origin/master

This will create a local branch name master, that tracks the master branch of the origin remote.

In fact, git switch --track on its own will not accept other forms of references. These must instead be specified manually via the -c/-C/-b/-B options.

Introduce __git_remote_heads() and the "remote-heads" mode for __git_complete_refs. Use this when the --track option is provided while completing in _git_switch and _git_checkout. Just as in the --detach case, we never enable DWIM mode for --track, because it doesn't make sense.

It should be noted that completion support is still a bit sub par when it comes to handling -c/-C and --orphan. This will be resolved in a future change.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 t/t9902-completion.sh                  |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 38b5a5a0d874..4cdf09987725 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -624,6 +624,19 @@ __git_heads ()
 			"refs/heads/$cur_*" "refs/heads/$cur_*/**"
 }
 
+# Lists branches from remote repositories.
+# 1: A prefix to be added to each listed branch (optional).
+# 2: List only branches matching this word (optional; list all branches if
+#    unset or empty).
+# 3: A suffix to be appended to each listed branch (optional).
+__git_remote_heads ()
+{
+	local pfx="${1-}" cur_="${2-}" sfx="${3-}"
+
+	__git for-each-ref --format="${pfx//\%/%%}%(refname:strip=2)$sfx" \
+			"refs/remotes/$cur_*" "refs/remotes/$cur_*/**"
+}
+
 # Lists tags from the local repository.
 # Accepts the same positional parameters as __git_heads() above.
 __git_tags ()
@@ -783,8 +796,9 @@ __git_refs ()
 # --sfx=<suffix>: A suffix to be appended to each ref instead of the default
 #                 space.
 # --mode=<mode>: What set of refs to complete, one of 'refs' (the default) to
-#                complete all refs, 'heads' to complete only branches. Note
-#                that --remote is only compatible with --mode=refs.
+#                complete all refs, 'heads' to complete only branches, or
+#                'remote-heads' to complete only remote branches. Note that
+#                --remote is only compatible with --mode=refs.
 __git_complete_refs ()
 {
 	local remote dwim pfx cur_="$cur" sfx=" " mode="refs"
@@ -810,6 +824,8 @@ __git_complete_refs ()
 			__gitcomp_direct "$(__git_refs "$remote" "" "$pfx" "$cur_" "$sfx")" ;;
 		heads)
 			__gitcomp_direct "$(__git_heads "$pfx" "$cur_" "$sfx")" ;;
+		remote-heads)
+			__gitcomp_direct "$(__git_remote_heads "$pfx" "$cur_" "$sfx")" ;;
 		*)
 			return 1 ;;
 	esac
@@ -1492,6 +1508,8 @@ _git_checkout ()
 
 		if [ -n "$(__git_find_on_cmdline "-d --detach")" ]; then
 			__git_complete_refs --mode="refs"
+		elif [ -n "$(__git_find_on_cmdline "--track")" ]; then
+			__git_complete_refs --mode="remote-heads"
 		else
 			__git_complete_refs $dwim_opt --mode="refs"
 		fi
@@ -2347,6 +2365,8 @@ _git_switch ()
 
 		if [ -n "$(__git_find_on_cmdline "-d --detach")" ]; then
 			__git_complete_refs --mode="refs"
+		elif [ -n "$(__git_find_on_cmdline "--track")" ]; then
+			__git_complete_refs --mode="remote-heads"
 		else
 			__git_complete_refs $dwim_opt --mode="heads"
 		fi
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 7e56a62a9bb3..f8319868080f 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -1405,16 +1405,14 @@ test_expect_success 'git checkout - with -d, complete only references' '
 	EOF
 '
 
-#TODO: --track should only complete fully specified remote branches
-test_expect_failure 'git switch - with --track, complete only remote branches' '
+test_expect_success 'git switch - with --track, complete only remote branches' '
 	test_completion "git switch --track " <<-\EOF
 	other/branch-in-other Z
 	other/master-in-other Z
 	EOF
 '
 
-#TODO: --track should only complete fully specified remote branches
-test_expect_failure 'git checkout - with --track, complete only remote branches' '
+test_expect_success 'git checkout - with --track, complete only remote branches' '
 	test_completion "git checkout --track " <<-\EOF
 	other/branch-in-other Z
 	other/master-in-other Z
-- 
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  1. 00/16 improve switch/checkout completionJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  2. 10/16 completion: perform DWIM logic directly in __git_complete_refsJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  3. 08/16 completion: replace overloaded track term for __git_complete_refsJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  4. 09/16 completion: extract function __git_dwim_remote_headsJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  5. 14/16 completion: improve handling of --track in switch/checkoutJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  6. 16/16 completion: improve handling of --orphan option of switch/checkoutJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  7. 12/16 completion: improve completion for git switch with no optionsJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  8. 07/16 completion: add tests showing subpar switch/checkout --orphan logicJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  9. 11/16 completion: improve handling of DWIM mode for switch/checkoutJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  10. 03/16 completion: add tests showing subar checkout --detach logicJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  11. 04/16 completion: add tests showing subpar switch/checkout --track logicJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  12. 02/16 completion: add tests showing subpar DWIM logic for switch/checkoutJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  13. 01/16 completion: add test showing subpar git switch completionJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  14. 13/16 completion: improve handling of --detach in checkoutJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  15. 05/16 completion: add tests showing subpar -c/-C startpoint completionJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  16. 06/16 completion: add tests showing subpar -c/C argument completionJacob Keller, May 28, 2020
  17. 15/16 completion: improve handling of -c/-C and -b/-B in switch/checkoutJacob Keller, May 28, 2020

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