From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:28:30 GMT
Subject: Re: How can I tell if anything was fetched?
Message-ID: <5077B88E.5060303@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAFRB3XkueafikCvwzBb+WOAG_1mEkVg1Yt6=teOuVwYd2zWVOw@mail.gmail.com>

Am 10/11/2012 18:25, schrieb Phil Lawrence:
> What is the best way to know whether or not anything was received
> during the fetch?  I don't want to be stuck trying to parse the answer
> out of STDOUT and STDERR...

what="--all"	 # or "--remotes=the-remote"
presha1s=$(git rev-parse $what)
git fetch the-remote
if test -z "$(git rev-list -1 $what --not $presha1s)"
then
	echo nothing new
fi

Error checking is left as an exercise for the user ;)

-- Hannes