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Re: [PATCH] fetch set_head: fix non-mirror remotes in bare repositories

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Bence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com>
Date
Jan 26, 2025, 22:01 UTC
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On Fri Jan 24, 2025 at 06:56, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 05:51:22PM +0100, Bence Ferdinandy wrote:
>> diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
>> index fe2b26c74a..625d45be8b 100644
>> --- a/builtin/fetch.c
>> +++ b/builtin/fetch.c
>> @@ -1925,7 +1925,8 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
>>  		}
>>  	}
>>  	if (set_head(remote_refs, transport->remote->follow_remote_head,
>> -		transport->remote->no_warn_branch))
>> +		transport->remote->no_warn_branch,
>> +		transport->remote->mirror))
>>  		;
>>  		/*
>>  		 * Way too many cases where this can go wrong
>
> Nit: At this point it might be sensible to simply pass in the remote
> itself, which would allow for an easier callsite and less risk of
> getting the order of parameters wrong.

Thanks, that's a really good point, not to mention inside set_head gtransport is used to also access remote, which seems a bit of an oversight.

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>
>> diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
>> index 519f7973e3..c75cfe968f 100755
>> --- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
>> +++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
>> @@ -589,6 +589,16 @@ test_expect_success 'add --mirror setting HEAD' '
>>  	)
>>  '
>>  
>> +test_expect_success 'non-mirror fetch does not interfere with mirror' '
>> +	mkdir headnotmain &&
>
> Nit: this can be simplified into `git init --bare -b notmain
> headnotmain` so that you don't have to create an empty directory first.
> Also, do we want to `test_when_finished rm -rf headnotmain` to clean up
> after ourselves?
>
>> +	(
>> +		cd headnotmain &&
>> +		git init --bare -b notmain &&
>> +		git remote add -f other ../two &&
>> +		test "$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)" = "refs/heads/notmain"
>> +	)
>> +'
>> +
>>  test_expect_success 'add --mirror=fetch' '
>>  	mkdir mirror-fetch &&
>>  	git init -b main mirror-fetch/parent &&
>> diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
>> index 2d9587059f..cfa63ae086 100755
>> --- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
>> +++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
>> @@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ test_expect_success "fetch test remote HEAD" '
>>  	branch=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/main) &&
>>  	test "z$head" = "z$branch"'
>>  
>> +test_expect_success "fetch test remote HEAD in bare repository" '
>> +	cd "$D" &&
>> +	git init --bare barerepo &&
>> +	cd barerepo &&
>
> The `cd` needs to happen in a subshell. ALso, the same comment here
> regarding whether we want to have `test_when_finished` to clean up
> state.
>
>> +	git remote add upstream ../two &&
>> +	git fetch upstream &&
>> +	git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/upstream/HEAD &&
>> +	git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/upstream/main &&
>> +	head=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/upstream/HEAD) &&
>> +	branch=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/upstream/main) &&
>> +	test "z$head" = "z$branch"'
>
> The closing single-quote should be on its own line.
>
> I see though that you simply follow existing code style, both for the
> call to cd(1) and for the single-quote, so these are fine. This test
> file could use a makeover, but that is obviously outside of the scope of
> this patch series.
>
> Patrick
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  2. Bence FerdinandyJan 12, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2025
  4. fetch set_head: fix non-mirror remotes in bare repositoriesBence Ferdinandy, Jan 12, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2025
  6. Bence FerdinandyJan 23, 2025
  7. Eric SunshineJan 23, 2025
  8. Christian HesseJan 24, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2025
  10. Patrick SteinhardtJan 24, 2025
  11. Eric SunshineJan 24, 2025
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2025
  13. Bence FerdinandyJan 26, 2025
  14. Bence FerdinandyJan 26, 2025
  15. 1/2 fetch set_head: refactor to use remote directlyBence Ferdinandy, Jan 26, 2025
  16. 2/2 fetch set_head: fix non-mirror remotes in bare repositoriesBence Ferdinandy, Jan 26, 2025
  17. Patrick SteinhardtJan 27, 2025
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2025

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