[PATCH] Fetch: get the remote branches to merge from the branch properties.
If in branch "foo" and this in config:
[branch "foo"]
merge=bar"git fetch": fetch from the default repository and program the "bar"
branch to be merged with pull.Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++++
git-parse-remote.sh | 13 ++++++++++---
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index fa20e28..b4de243 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ apply.whitespace::
branch.<name>.remote::
When in branch <name>, it tells `git pull` which remote to fetch.
+branch.<name>.merge::
+ When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the remote branch to be
+ merged.
+
pager.color::
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
use (default is true).
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index 187f088..0b14606 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ get_remote_default_refs_for_push () {
# Subroutine to canonicalize remote:local notation.
canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
- # Leave only the first one alone; add prefix . to the rest
+ # Leave the branches in branch.${curr_branch}.merge alone,
+ # or the first one; add prefix . to the rest
# to prevent the secondary branches to be merged by default.
- dot_prefix=
+ curr_branch=$(git-symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
+ merge_branches=$(git-repo-config --get-all "branch.${curr_branch}.merge")
+ [ -z "$merge_branches" ] && merge_branches=$1
for ref
do
force=
@@ -101,6 +104,11 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
expr "z$ref" : 'z.*:' >/dev/null || ref="${ref}:"
remote=$(expr "z$ref" : 'z\([^:]*\):')
local=$(expr "z$ref" : 'z[^:]*:\(.*\)')
+ dot_prefix=.
+ for merge_branch in $merge_branches
+ do
+ [ "$remote" = "$merge_branch" ] && dot_prefix= && break
+ done
case "$remote" in
'') remote=HEAD ;;
refs/heads/* | refs/tags/* | refs/remotes/*) ;;
@@ -120,7 +128,6 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
die "* refusing to create funny ref '$local_ref_name' locally"
fi
echo "${dot_prefix}${force}${remote}:${local}"
- dot_prefix=.
done
}
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