Re: Feature request: git status --branch-only

From: Ondra Medek <xmedeko@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 14, 2023, 12:40 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJsoDaHX3t9bViq0F7gmJPD+PoE-ZqmJS5h=u-W900x9KEMmYA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <47fa8400-1e5f-437f-84b8-50bb09580325@gmail.com>

Hi Phillip,

it does not work for a fresh clone of an empty repository

    git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" refs/heads/master

outputs nothing, while

    git status -b --no-ahead-behind --porcelain=v2

outputs

# branch.oid (initial) # branch.head master # branch.upstream origin/master

I.e. it outputs a proper upstream branch.

Best regards Ondra

Ondra Medek

On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 13:28, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> Hi Ondra
>
> On 14/11/2023 10:16, Ondra Medek wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am working on a tol which should fetch changes from a remote
> > repository on a user click. I want to limit fetch on the current
> > remote tracking branch (something like "origin/master"), but
> > surprisingly, it's hard to get it for all corner cases like a fresh
> > clone of an empty repository or detached head, etc. E.g see this SO
> > thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/171550/find-out-which-remote-branch-a-local-branch-is-tracking/52896538
>
> I think you can do this by calling
>
>         git symbolic-ref --quiet HEAD
>
> to get the full refname of the current branch. If HEAD is detached it
> will print nothing and exit with exit code 1. Then you can call
>
>         git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" $refname
>
> to get the upstream branch
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip