Merge branch 'mb/fetch-call-a-non-branch-a-ref' into maint

The report from "git fetch" said "new branch" even for a non branch ref.

By Marc Branchaud
* mb/fetch-call-a-non-branch-a-ref:
  fetch: describe new refs based on where it came from
  fetch: Give remote_ref to update_local_ref() as well

2 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index cfb43df4e8..1c8cb62445 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static int s_update_ref(const char *action,
 
 static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 			    const char *remote,
+			    const struct ref *remote_ref,
 			    struct strbuf *display)
 {
 	struct commit *current = NULL, *updated;
@@ -293,13 +294,21 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 		const char *msg;
 		const char *what;
 		int r;
-		if (!strncmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/", 10)) {
+		/*
+		 * Nicely describe the new ref we're fetching.
+		 * Base this on the remote's ref name, as it's
+		 * more likely to follow a standard layout.
+		 */
+		const char *name = remote_ref ? remote_ref->name : "";
+		if (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/tags/")) {
 			msg = "storing tag";
 			what = _("[new tag]");
-		}
-		else {
+		} else if (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/")) {
 			msg = "storing head";
 			what = _("[new branch]");
+		} else {
+			msg = "storing ref";
+			what = _("[new ref]");
 		}
 
 		if ((recurse_submodules != RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF) &&
@@ -466,7 +475,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 
 			strbuf_reset(&note);
 			if (ref) {
-				rc |= update_local_ref(ref, what, &note);
+				rc |= update_local_ref(ref, what, rm, &note);
 				free(ref);
 			} else
 				strbuf_addf(&note, "* %-*s %-*s -> FETCH_HEAD",
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index 308c02ea75..d7a19a1829 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -162,6 +162,36 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch following tags' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch uses remote ref names to describe new refs' '
+	cd "$D" &&
+	git init descriptive &&
+	(
+		cd descriptive &&
+		git config remote.o.url .. &&
+		git config remote.o.fetch "refs/heads/*:refs/crazyheads/*" &&
+		git config --add remote.o.fetch "refs/others/*:refs/heads/*" &&
+		git fetch o
+	) &&
+	git tag -a -m "Descriptive tag" descriptive-tag &&
+	git branch descriptive-branch &&
+	git checkout descriptive-branch &&
+	echo "Nuts" >crazy &&
+	git add crazy &&
+	git commit -a -m "descriptive commit" &&
+	git update-ref refs/others/crazy HEAD &&
+	(
+		cd descriptive &&
+		git fetch o 2>actual &&
+		grep " -> refs/crazyheads/descriptive-branch$" actual |
+		test_i18ngrep "new branch" &&
+		grep " -> descriptive-tag$" actual |
+		test_i18ngrep "new tag" &&
+		grep " -> crazy$" actual |
+		test_i18ngrep "new ref"
+	) &&
+	git checkout master
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short tag name' '
 
 	cd "$D" &&