Re: git remote rename, why dosen't it exists?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 3, 2008, 20:12 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0806032102350.13507@racer.site.net>
In-Reply-To: <1212503641.30731.11.camel@omicron.ep.petrobras.com.br>

Hi,

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On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Victor Bogado da Silva Lins wrote:

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> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 14:49 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Victor Bogado da Silva Lins wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, that's about it, I need to rename my remotes. Mainly to move 
> > > the origin to another repository and I miss the feature. Since many 
> > > time there is a reason for a missing feature, I fought that maybe I 
> > > should ask here, before nosing around the sources... :)
> > 
> > The reason is easy to find: nobody cared enough about this feature to 
> > implement it.
> > 
> > Just tell me if you want to do it, I'll provide you with the necessary 
> > details.
>
> I don't mind trying. :P Pointers would help me, I already found that the
> git-remote source is on the file builtin-remote.c, bu I have not yet
> found the main function of it.

There is no main function, since it is a builtin. The "main" function is called cmd_remote().

You might find inspiration with the rm() function, or might even be able to refactor the rm() function into an rm(), and an rm_or_rename() which does both rm() and rename() depending on a second parameter being NULL or not.

Hth, Dscho