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[PATCH] Teach "git remote" a mirror mode

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 2, 2007, 20:10 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709022101290.28586@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<7vk5r8q1yz.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

When using the "--mirror" option to "git remote add", the refs will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in the same location as on the remote side.

This option probably only makes sense in a bare repository.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
	On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
	> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
	> 
	> > When using the "--mirror" option to "git remote add", the refs 
	> > will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in 
	> > refs/heads/.
	> 
	> I suspect people'd prefer "+refs/*:refs/*" for a repo truly
	> mirroring another.
	Yes, you're right.
 Documentation/git-remote.txt |    6 +++++-
 git-remote.perl              |    8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 61a6022..94b9f17 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-remote'
-'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url>
+'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
 'git-remote' show <name>
 'git-remote' prune <name>
 'git-remote' update [group]
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
 With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
 up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
 branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
++
+In mirror mode, enabled with `--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
+in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'.  This option
+only makes sense in bare repositories.
 
 'show'::
 
diff --git a/git-remote.perl b/git-remote.perl
index 01cf480..f6f283e 100755
--- a/git-remote.perl
+++ b/git-remote.perl
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ sub add_remote {
 
 	for (@$track) {
 		$git->command('config', '--add', "remote.$name.fetch",
-			      "+refs/heads/$_:refs/remotes/$name/$_");
+				$opts->{'mirror'} ?
+				"+refs/$_:refs/$_" :
+				"+refs/heads/$_:refs/remotes/$name/$_");
 	}
 	if ($opts->{'fetch'}) {
 		$git->command('fetch', $name);
@@ -409,6 +411,10 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'add') {
 			shift @ARGV;
 			next;
 		}
+		if ($opt eq '--mirror') {
+			$opts{'mirror'} = 1;
+			next;
+		}
 		add_usage();
 	}
 	if (@ARGV != 3) {
-- 
1.5.3.2.g46909
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