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[RFC PATCH v2 1/2] remote: move remote group resolution to remote.c

From
Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2026, 20:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20260318204028.1010487-2-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20260318204028.1010487-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>

`get_remote_group`, `add_remote_or_group`, and the `remote_group_data` struct are currently defined as static helpers inside builtin/fetch.c. They implement generic remote group resolution that is not specific to fetch — they parse `remotes.<name>` config entries and resolve a name to either a list of group members or a single configured remote.

Move them to remote.c and declare them in remote.h so that other builtins can use the same logic without duplication.

Useful for the next patch.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/fetch.c | 42 ------------------------------------------
 remote.c        | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 remote.h        | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 573c295241..6e56c484bf 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -2135,48 +2135,6 @@ static int get_one_remote_for_fetch(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct remote_group_data {
-	const char *name;
-	struct string_list *list;
-};
-
-static int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value,
-			    const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED,
-			    void *priv)
-{
-	struct remote_group_data *g = priv;
-
-	if (skip_prefix(key, "remotes.", &key) && !strcmp(key, g->name)) {
-		/* split list by white space */
-		while (*value) {
-			size_t wordlen = strcspn(value, " \t\n");
-
-			if (wordlen >= 1)
-				string_list_append_nodup(g->list,
-						   xstrndup(value, wordlen));
-			value += wordlen + (value[wordlen] != '\0');
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int add_remote_or_group(const char *name, struct string_list *list)
-{
-	int prev_nr = list->nr;
-	struct remote_group_data g;
-	g.name = name; g.list = list;
-
-	repo_config(the_repository, get_remote_group, &g);
-	if (list->nr == prev_nr) {
-		struct remote *remote = remote_get(name);
-		if (!remote_is_configured(remote, 0))
-			return 0;
-		string_list_append(list, remote->name);
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static void add_options_to_argv(struct strvec *argv,
 				const struct fetch_config *config)
 {
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index f6980dc656..75fdb4019d 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2108,6 +2108,43 @@ int get_fetch_map(const struct ref *remote_refs,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value,
+			    const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED,
+			    void *priv)
+{
+	struct remote_group_data *g = priv;
+
+	if (skip_prefix(key, "remotes.", &key) && !strcmp(key, g->name)) {
+		/* split list by white space */
+		while (*value) {
+			size_t wordlen = strcspn(value, " \t\n");
+
+			if (wordlen >= 1)
+				string_list_append_nodup(g->list,
+						   xstrndup(value, wordlen));
+			value += wordlen + (value[wordlen] != '\0');
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int add_remote_or_group(const char *name, struct string_list *list)
+{
+	int prev_nr = list->nr;
+	struct remote_group_data g;
+	g.name = name; g.list = list;
+
+	repo_config(the_repository, get_remote_group, &g);
+	if (list->nr == prev_nr) {
+		struct remote *remote = remote_get(name);
+		if (!remote_is_configured(remote, 0))
+			return 0;
+		string_list_append(list, remote->name);
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int resolve_remote_symref(struct ref *ref, struct ref *list)
 {
 	if (!ref->symref)
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index fc052945ee..8ff2bd88fa 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -347,6 +347,18 @@ int branch_has_merge_config(struct branch *branch);
 
 int branch_merge_matches(struct branch *, int n, const char *);
 
+/* list of the remote in a group as configured */
+struct remote_group_data {
+	const char *name;
+	struct string_list *list;
+};
+
+int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value,
+                    const struct config_context *ctx,
+                    void *priv);
+
+int add_remote_or_group(const char *name, struct string_list *list);
+
 /**
  * Return the fully-qualified refname of the tracking branch for `branch`.
  * I.e., what "branch@{upstream}" would give you. Returns NULL if no
-- 
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  3. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2026
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  19. 0/2 push: add support for pushing to remote groupsUsman Akinyemi, Mar 25, 2026
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  21. 2/2 push: support pushing to a remote groupUsman Akinyemi, Mar 25, 2026
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  27. 0/2 push: add support for pushing to remote groupsUsman Akinyemi, Apr 27, 2026
  28. 1/2 remote: move remote group resolution to remote.cUsman Akinyemi, Apr 27, 2026
  29. 2/2 push: support pushing to a remote groupUsman Akinyemi, Apr 27, 2026
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2026
  31. 0/3 push: add support for pushing to remote groupsUsman Akinyemi, May 3, 2026
  32. 1/3 remote: fix sign-compare warnings in push_cas_optionUsman Akinyemi, May 3, 2026
  33. 2/3 remote: move remote group resolution to remote.cUsman Akinyemi, May 3, 2026
  34. 3/3 push: support pushing to a remote groupUsman Akinyemi, May 3, 2026
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  36. 0/3 push: add support for pushing to remote groupsUsman Akinyemi, May 18, 2026
  37. 1/3 remote: fix sign-compare warnings in push_cas_optionUsman Akinyemi, May 18, 2026
  38. 2/3 remote: move remote group resolution to remote.cUsman Akinyemi, May 18, 2026
  39. 3/3 push: support pushing to a remote groupUsman Akinyemi, May 18, 2026

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