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[PATCH v5 1/2] branch: not report invalid tracking branch

From
Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2013, 04:53 UTC
Message-ID
<96e0ed4f67eaf058466ead9228cad0dcfe1b5c6a.1376369554.git.worldhello.net@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<CANYiYbFGBRV+EP8oV_chKvBsHLAAZeKmt0395_z9QD-bBZtErQ@mail.gmail.com>

Command "git branch -vv" will report tracking branches, but invalid tracking branches are also reported. This is because the function stat_tracking_info() can not distinguish whether the upstream branch does not exist, or nothing is changed between one branch and its upstream.

This patch changes the return value of function stat_tracking_info(). Only returns false when there is no tracking branch or the tracking branch is invalid, otherwise true. If the caller does not like to report tracking info when nothing changed between the branch and its upstream, simply checks if num_theirs and num_ours are both 0.

Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/branch.c | 18 +++++-------------
 remote.c         | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 wt-status.c      | 13 +++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 0836890..359e75d 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -424,19 +424,8 @@ static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
 	struct branch *branch = branch_get(branch_name);
 	struct strbuf fancy = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	if (!stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs)) {
-		if (branch && branch->merge && branch->merge[0]->dst &&
-		    show_upstream_ref) {
-			ref = shorten_unambiguous_ref(branch->merge[0]->dst, 0);
-			if (want_color(branch_use_color))
-				strbuf_addf(stat, "[%s%s%s] ",
-						branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM),
-						ref, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
-			else
-				strbuf_addf(stat, "[%s] ", ref);
-		}
+	if (!stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	if (show_upstream_ref) {
 		ref = shorten_unambiguous_ref(branch->merge[0]->dst, 0);
@@ -448,7 +437,10 @@ static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
 			strbuf_addstr(&fancy, ref);
 	}
 
-	if (!ours) {
+	if (!ours && !theirs) {
+		if (ref)
+			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s]"), fancy.buf);
+	} else if (!ours) {
 		if (ref)
 			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: behind %d]"), fancy.buf, theirs);
 		else
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 2433467..c747936 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,8 @@ int ref_newer(const unsigned char *new_sha1, const unsigned char *old_sha1)
 }
 
 /*
- * Return true if there is anything to report, otherwise false.
+ * Return false if cannot stat a tracking branch (not exist or invalid),
+ * otherwise true.
  */
 int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_theirs)
 {
@@ -1740,18 +1741,12 @@ int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_theirs)
 	const char *rev_argv[10], *base;
 	int rev_argc;
 
-	/*
-	 * Nothing to report unless we are marked to build on top of
-	 * somebody else.
-	 */
+	/* False unless we are marked to build on top of somebody else. */
 	if (!branch ||
 	    !branch->merge || !branch->merge[0] || !branch->merge[0]->dst)
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * If what we used to build on no longer exists, there is
-	 * nothing to report.
-	 */
+	/* False if what we used to build on no longer exists */
 	base = branch->merge[0]->dst;
 	if (read_ref(base, sha1))
 		return 0;
@@ -1765,9 +1760,12 @@ int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_theirs)
 	if (!ours)
 		return 0;
 
+	*num_theirs = 0;
+	*num_ours = 0;
+
 	/* are we the same? */
 	if (theirs == ours)
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 
 	/* Run "rev-list --left-right ours...theirs" internally... */
 	rev_argc = 0;
@@ -1786,8 +1784,6 @@ int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_theirs)
 	prepare_revision_walk(&revs);
 
 	/* ... and count the commits on each side. */
-	*num_ours = 0;
-	*num_theirs = 0;
 	while (1) {
 		struct commit *c = get_revision(&revs);
 		if (!c)
@@ -1815,6 +1811,10 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb)
 	if (!stat_tracking_info(branch, &num_ours, &num_theirs))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Nothing to report if neither side has changes. */
+	if (!num_ours && !num_theirs)
+		return 0;
+
 	base = branch->merge[0]->dst;
 	base = shorten_unambiguous_ref(base, 0);
 	if (!num_theirs) {
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index ff4b324..0c6a3a5 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1380,15 +1380,24 @@ static void wt_shortstatus_print_tracking(struct wt_status *s)
 	branch = branch_get(s->branch + 11);
 	if (s->is_initial)
 		color_fprintf(s->fp, header_color, _("Initial commit on "));
+
+	color_fprintf(s->fp, branch_color_local, "%s", branch_name);
+
+	/*
+	 * Not report tracking info if no tracking branch found
+	 * or no difference found.
+	 */
 	if (!stat_tracking_info(branch, &num_ours, &num_theirs)) {
-		color_fprintf(s->fp, branch_color_local, "%s", branch_name);
+		fputc(s->null_termination ? '\0' : '\n', s->fp);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!num_ours && !num_theirs) {
 		fputc(s->null_termination ? '\0' : '\n', s->fp);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	base = branch->merge[0]->dst;
 	base = shorten_unambiguous_ref(base, 0);
-	color_fprintf(s->fp, branch_color_local, "%s", branch_name);
 	color_fprintf(s->fp, header_color, "...");
 	color_fprintf(s->fp, branch_color_remote, "%s", base);
 
-- 
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  7. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2013
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  9. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2013
  10. Jiang XinAug 13, 2013
  11. 1/2 branch: not report invalid tracking branchJiang Xin, Aug 13, 2013
  12. 2/2 status: always show tracking branch even no changeJiang Xin, Aug 13, 2013
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  17. 2/3 branch: report invalid tracking branch as brokenJiang Xin, Aug 15, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2013
  20. 0/3 some enhancements for reporting branch tracking infoJiang Xin, Aug 16, 2013
  21. 1/3 branch: not report invalid tracking branchJiang Xin, Aug 16, 2013
  22. 2/3 branch: mark missing tracking branch as goneJiang Xin, Aug 16, 2013
  23. Matthieu MoyAug 21, 2013
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  25. 3/3 status: always show tracking branch even no changeJiang Xin, Aug 16, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2013
  27. Jiang XinAug 19, 2013
  28. 0/2 some enhancements for reporting branch tracking infoJiang Xin, Aug 26, 2013
  29. 1/2 branch: report invalid tracking branch as goneJiang Xin, Aug 26, 2013
  30. 2/2 status: always show tracking branch even no changeJiang Xin, Aug 26, 2013
  31. Jeremy RosenAug 26, 2013
  32. Jiang XinAug 26, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2013
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  35. 3/3 status: always show tracking branch even no changeJiang Xin, Aug 15, 2013
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