[PATCH v3 0/3] clone: suppress unexpected advice message during clone
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Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
- Date
- Mar 25, 2025, 00:51 UTC
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- <20250325005148.1771502-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
- In-Reply-To
- <20250321231639.180762-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
It has been reported[1] that starting in Git v2.45.0, cloning from a bundle results in the default branch name advice message always being displayed when it was previously not. It can be reproduced by the following:
git init bundle-repo &&
git -C bundle-repo commit --allow-empty -m init &&
git -C bundle-repo bundle create ../repo.bundle --all &&
git clone repo.bundle bundle-cloneThis issue bisects to 199f44cb2ead (builtin/clone: allow remote helpers to detect repo, 2024-02-27) where the refdb is partially initialized during clones before remote helpers are executed. This partial initialization creates the HEAD file and "refs/" directory.
A side-effect of this change is that the location of the first `git_default_branch_name()` gets deferred to a later point of execution. This matters because `git_default_branch_name()` only computes the default branch name once and returns a cached value for subsequent invocations. After this change, the `git_default_branch_name()` call site that actually computes the value becomes `guess_remote_head()` and is configured to always show the advice message.
Also, `guess_remote_head()` only invokes `git_default_branch_name()` in cases where the transport is unable to figure out the remote HEAD and must guess. This explains why the advice message gets printed for bundle clones, but not all clones.
This series addresses the issue by adapting `guess_remote_head()` to support configuring the underlying `git_default_branch_name()`, which has since been renamed to `repo_default_branch_name()`, to be quiet and suppress the advice message.
Changes since V2:
- The default branch name advice message may also print with the
`--single-branch` option in certain scenarios. This instance
is also suppressed by setting the `REMOTE_GUESS_HEAD_QUIET`
flag for another `guess_remote_head()` call site invoked
during clones.Changes since V1:
- Instead of adding an additional boolean to
`guess_remote_head()` to suppress the advice message, the
function is adapted to accepts flags that accoplish the same
thing. - Added a test to validate that the advice message is not being
printed. - While we are here, added another patch to allow the default
branch name advice message to be suppressrd by the
`--no-advice` option.Thanks, -Justin
[1]: <7EC98E2F-144D-4974-94F6-FC24B443651D@norbauer.com>
Justin Tobler (3): remote: allow `guess_remote_head()` to suppress advice builtin/clone: suppress unexpected default branch advice advice: allow disabling default branch name advice
advice.c | 1 + advice.h | 1 + builtin/clone.c | 7 +++++-- builtin/fetch.c | 2 +- builtin/remote.c | 2 +- refs.c | 3 ++- remote.c | 10 ++++++---- remote.h | 11 +++++++---- t/t0001-init.sh | 8 ++++++++ t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh | 12 ++++++++++++ 10 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v2:
1: 4dae06d2dd = 1: 4dae06d2dd remote: allow `guess_remote_head()` to suppress advice
2: 1180caabf1 ! 2: 2a69b881c4 builtin/clone: suppress unexpected default branch advice
@@ Commit message
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
## builtin/clone.c ##
+@@ builtin/clone.c: static struct ref *wanted_peer_refs(struct clone_opts *opts,
+ if (head)
+ tail_link_ref(head, &tail);
+ if (option_single_branch)
+- refs = to_free = guess_remote_head(head, refs, 0);
++ refs = to_free =
++ guess_remote_head(head, refs,
++ REMOTE_GUESS_HEAD_QUIET);
+ } else if (option_single_branch) {
+ local_refs = NULL;
+ tail = &local_refs;
@@ builtin/clone.c: int cmd_clone(int argc,
}
@@ t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh: test_expect_success 'git bundle v3 rejects unknown capa
+ git -C bundle-repo commit --allow-empty -m init &&
+ git -C bundle-repo bundle create repo.bundle --all &&
+ GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME= \
-+ git clone bundle-repo/repo.bundle clone-repo 2>err &&
++ git clone --single-branch bundle-repo/repo.bundle clone-repo 2>err &&
+
+ test_grep ! "hint: " err
+'
3: 6fef1d070c = 3: 98b32cdc99 advice: allow disabling default branch name advicebase-commit: 683c54c999c301c2cd6f715c411407c413b1d84e
-- 2.49.0