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[PATCH] clone: add remote.cloneDefault config option

From
Sean Barag via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2020, 15:45 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.710.git.1598456751674.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Sean Barag <sean@barag.org>

While the default remote name of `origin` can be overridden both pre-clone (with `git clone --origin foo`) and post-clone (with `git remote rename origin foo`), it'd be handy to have a configurable system-wide default for clones! This commit implements `remote.cloneDefault` as a parallel to `remote.pushDefault`, with prioritized name resolution:

1. (Highest priority) `git clone`'s `-o` option
2. `git config`'s `remote.cloneDefault` value
3. `origin`

There should be no impact for existing users, as it's pretty unlikely that anyone's already configured `remote.cloneDefault` and the porcelain hasn't changed (as best I can tell at least!).

Signed-off-by: Sean Barag <sean@barag.org>
---
    clone: add remote.cloneDefault config option
    
    While the default remote name of origin can be overridden both pre-clone
    (with git clone --origin foo) and post-clone (with git remote rename
    origin foo), it'd be handy to have a configurable system-wide default
    for clones! This implementsremote.cloneDefault as a parallel to 
    remote.pushDefault, with prioritized name resolution:
    
     1. (Highest priority) git clone's -o option
     2. git config's remote.cloneDefault value
     3. origin
    
    There should be no impact for existing users, as it's pretty unlikely
    that anyone's already configured remote.cloneDefault and the porcelain
    hasn't changed (as best I can tell at least!).
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-710%2Fsjbarag%2Fadd-remote.cloneDefault-config-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-710/sjbarag/add-remote.cloneDefault-config-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/710
 Documentation/config/remote.txt |  4 ++++
 Documentation/git-clone.txt     |  5 +++--
 builtin/clone.c                 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 t/t5606-clone-options.sh        | 14 ++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
index a8e6437a90..debb21ecbf 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ remote.pushDefault::
 	`branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
 	`branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
 
+remote.cloneDefault::
+	The name of the remote to create during `git clone <url>`.
+	Defaults to "origin".
+
 remote.<name>.url::
 	The URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
 	linkgit:git-push[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index c898310099..2e101ba4f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 -o <name>::
 --origin <name>::
-	Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track
-	of the upstream repository, use `<name>`.
+	The remote name used to keep track of the upstream repository.
+	Overrides `remote.cloneDefault` from the config, and defaults
+	to `origin`.
 
 -b <name>::
 --branch <name>::
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index b087ee40c2..b0dbb848c6 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -941,6 +941,29 @@ static int path_exists(const char *path)
 	return !stat(path, &sb);
 }
 
+struct clone_default_info
+{
+	enum config_scope scope;
+	struct strbuf remote_name;
+	int linenr;
+};
+
+static int config_read_clone_default(const char *key, const char *value,
+	void *cb)
+{
+	struct clone_default_info* info = cb;
+	if (strcmp(key, "remote.clonedefault") || !value) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	info->scope = current_config_scope();
+	strbuf_reset(&info->remote_name);
+	strbuf_addstr(&info->remote_name, value);
+	info->linenr = current_config_line();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int is_bundle = 0, is_local;
@@ -992,8 +1015,15 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		option_no_checkout = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!option_origin)
-		option_origin = "origin";
+	if (!option_origin) {
+		struct clone_default_info clone_default = { CONFIG_SCOPE_UNKNOWN, STRBUF_INIT, -1 };
+		git_config(config_read_clone_default, &clone_default);
+		if (strcmp("", (const char*) clone_default.remote_name.buf))
+			option_origin = clone_default.remote_name.buf;
+		else
+			option_origin = "origin";
+	}
+
 
 	repo_name = argv[0];
 
diff --git a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
index e69427f881..8aac67b385 100755
--- a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ test_expect_success 'clone -o' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone respects remote.cloneDefault' '
+
+	git -c remote.cloneDefault=bar clone parent clone-config &&
+	(cd clone-config && git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/bar/master)
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'clone chooses correct remote name' '
+
+	git -c remote.cloneDefault=bar clone -o foo parent clone-o-and-config &&
+	(cd clone-o-and-config && git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/foo/master)
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'redirected clone does not show progress' '
 
 	git clone "file://$(pwd)/parent" clone-redirected >out 2>err &&

base-commit: e9b77c84a0a0df029f2a3a8114e9f22186e7da24
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