Re: branch.<branch>.merge and --format='%(upstream)'
2009/6/16 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 01:08:02PM +0200, Santi Béjar wrote:
> >
> >> I've noticed that having branch.<branch>.merge set with the branch
> >> name, and not with the full ref, cause problems with
> >> --format='%(upstream)' and also with the "branch -av" and "git
> >> status" upstream branch outputs. But git-fetch and git-pull works ok,
> >> so it is a valid setting.
> >
> > Actually, it is broken in a lot of places. for-each-ref relies on the
> > same code as "git status", "git checkout", etc, which will all fail to
> > display tracking info. I believe the same code is also used for updating
> > tracking branches on push. So I'm not sure if it was ever intended to be
> > a valid setting.
>
> It wasn't. Some places may accept them gracefully by either being extra
> nice or by accident.
And what about the comments in my reply. And in the branch.<name>.merge docs says: The value is handled like the remote part of a refspec.
In fact I found it trying to implement a patch to get the local tracking for a given remote and branch. But it only works if you spell the branch with its full form:
$ git remote tracking origin master # does not work $ git remote tracking origin refs/heads/master # does work refs/remotes/origin/master
so I thought it would be better to resolve the %(upstream) first.
So if you know how to resolve this and or the %(upstream) issue, please tell me.
Anyway, here you have the WIP patch to get the tracking branch, I'm not sure about the UI (or the script interface?), it is also a RFC.
---8<----
Subject: [RFC/PATCH]: Output tracking branch from remote and branch
---
Hi,
as said above it is a RFC, specially for the UI, and also can anyone help
me with the:
$ git remote tracking origin master # does not work
case?
Thanks, Santi
P.D: This case will be used in the "git pull --rebase remote branch" case.
builtin-remote.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index 709f8a6..03bcc27 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -665,6 +665,38 @@ static int remove_branches(struct string_list *branches)
return result;
}
+static int tracking(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ struct option options[] = {
+ OPT_END()
+ };
+ struct remote *remote;
+ static const char **refs = NULL;
+ int ref_nr = 0;
+ int i = 0;
+ struct refspec *refspec;
+
+ if (argc < 3)
+ usage_with_options(builtin_remote_usage, options);
+ remote = remote_get(argv[1]);
+ if (!remote)
+ die("No such remote: %s", argv[1]);
+ refs = xcalloc(argc + 1, sizeof(const char *));
+ for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
+ refs[ref_nr++] = argv[i];
+ }
+ refs[ref_nr] = NULL;
+ memset(&refspec, 0, sizeof(*refspec));
+ refspec = parse_fetch_refspec(ref_nr, refs);
+ for (i = 0; i < ref_nr ; i++) {
+ if (!remote_find_tracking(remote, &refspec[i]))
+ printf("%s\n", refspec[i].dst);
+ else
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
{
struct option options[] = {
@@ -1348,6 +1380,8 @@ int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
result = show_all();
else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "add"))
result = add(argc, argv);
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "tracking"))
+ result = tracking(argc, argv);
else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "rename"))
result = mv(argc, argv);
else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "rm"))
--
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