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[PATCH 03/23] builtin-remote: teach show to display remote HEAD

From
Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 24, 2009, 09:50 UTC
Message-ID
<41dd1de0e111b3f135a061848d1e92d9b7994623.1235467368.git.jaysoffian@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1235467368.git.jaysoffian@gmail.com>

This is in preparation for teaching remote how to set refs/remotes/<remote>/HEAD to match what HEAD is set to at <remote>, but is useful in its own right.

Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-remote.c  |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t5505-remote.sh |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index b89a353..465c87a 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static void read_branches(void)
 struct ref_states {
 	struct remote *remote;
 	struct string_list new, stale, tracked;
+	char *head_name;
 };
 
 static int handle_one_branch(const char *refname,
@@ -271,6 +272,26 @@ static int get_ref_states(const struct ref *ref, struct ref_states *states)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char *get_head_name(const struct ref *refs)
+{
+	const struct ref *head_points_at;
+	struct ref *mapped_refs = NULL;
+	struct ref **tail = &mapped_refs;
+	struct refspec refspec;
+
+	refspec.force = 0;
+	refspec.pattern = 1;
+	refspec.src = refspec.dst = "refs/heads/";
+
+	get_fetch_map(refs, &refspec, &tail, 0);
+
+	head_points_at = guess_remote_head(refs, mapped_refs, NULL);
+	if (head_points_at)
+		return xstrdup(abbrev_branch(head_points_at->name));
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct known_remote {
 	struct known_remote *next;
 	struct remote *remote;
@@ -637,6 +658,7 @@ static void free_remote_ref_states(struct ref_states *states)
 	string_list_clear(&states->new, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states->stale, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states->tracked, 0);
+	free(states->head_name);
 }
 
 static int get_remote_ref_states(const char *name,
@@ -658,6 +680,7 @@ static int get_remote_ref_states(const char *name,
 		ref = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
 		transport_disconnect(transport);
 
+		states->head_name = get_head_name(ref);
 		get_ref_states(ref, states);
 	}
 
@@ -702,6 +725,9 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 		printf("* remote %s\n  URL: %s\n", *argv,
 			states.remote->url_nr > 0 ?
 				states.remote->url[0] : "(no URL)");
+		if (!no_query)
+			printf("  HEAD: %s\n", states.head_name ?
+				states.head_name : "(unknown)");
 
 		for (i = 0; i < branch_list.nr; i++) {
 			struct string_list_item *branch = branch_list.items + i;
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index eb63718..826d0c3 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ EOF
 cat > test/expect << EOF
 * remote origin
   URL: $(pwd)/one
+  HEAD: master
   Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
     master
   New remote branch (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ test_expect_success '"remote show" does not show symbolic refs' '
 	git clone one three &&
 	(cd three &&
 	 git remote show origin > output &&
-	 ! grep HEAD < output &&
+	 ! grep "^ *HEAD$" < output &&
 	 ! grep -i stale < output)
 
 '
-- 
1.6.2.rc1.291.g83eb
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Message 3 of 23 in “builtin-clone: move locate_head() to remote.c so it can be re-used”
  1. 01/23 builtin-clone: move locate_head() to remote.c so it can be re-usedJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  2. 02/23 builtin-remote: move duplicated cleanup code its own functionJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  3. 03/23 builtin-remote: teach show to display remote HEADJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  4. 04/23 builtin-remote: add set-head subcommandJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  5. 05/23 builtin-remote: better handling of multiple remote HEADsJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  6. 06/23 remote.c: make match_refs() copy src ref before assigning to peer_refJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  7. 07/23 remote.c: don't short-circuit match_refs() when error in match_explicit_refs()Jay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  8. 08/23 refactor duplicated get_local_heads() to remote.cJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  9. 09/23 refactor duplicated ref_newer() to remote.cJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  10. 10/23 string-list: new for_each_string_list() functionJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  11. 11/23 builtin-remote: rename variable and eliminate redundant function callJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  12. 12/23 builtin-remote: name remote_refs consistentlyJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  13. 13/23 builtin-remote: remove unused code in get_ref_statesJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  14. 14/23 builtin-remote: fix two inconsistencies in the output of "show <remote>"Jay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  15. 15/23 builtin-remote: make get_remote_ref_states() always populate states.trackedJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  16. 16/23 builtin-remote: refactor get_remote_ref_states()Jay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  17. 17/23 builtin-remote: new show output styleJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  18. 18/23 builtin-remote: new show output style for push refspecsJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  19. 19/23 test scripts: refactor start_httpd helperJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  20. 20/23 add basic http clone/fetch testsJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  21. 21/23 refactor find_refs_by_name to accept const listJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  22. 22/23 remote: refactor guess_remote_headJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009
  23. 23/23 remote: use exact HEAD lookup if it is availableJay Soffian, Feb 24, 2009

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