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authorLibravatar Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>2017-10-05 14:19:09 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-10-10 13:41:35 +0900
commitcc72385fe350d4d7bc64f84e8817dbdfe27b04fe (patch)
treee44450c57a179399222bb4e9f671f15fd4887426 /Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
parentGit 2.15-rc0 (diff)
downloadtgif-cc72385fe350d4d7bc64f84e8817dbdfe27b04fe.tar.xz
for-each-ref: let upstream/push optionally report the remote name
There are times when e.g. scripts want to know not only the name of the upstream branch on the remote repository, but also the name of the remote. This patch offers the new suffix :remotename for the upstream and for the push atoms, allowing to show exactly that. Example: $ cat .git/config ... [remote "origin"] url = https://where.do.we.come/from fetch = refs/heads/*:refs/remote/origin/* [remote "hello-world"] url = https://hello.world/git fetch = refs/heads/*:refs/remote/origin/* pushURL = hello.world:git push = refs/heads/*:refs/heads/* [branch "master"] remote = origin pushRemote = hello-world ... $ git for-each-ref \ --format='%(upstream) %(upstream:remotename) %(push:remotename)' \ refs/heads/master refs/remotes/origin/master origin hello-world The implementation chooses *not* to DWIM the push remote if no explicit push remote was configured; The reason is that it is possible to DWIM this by using %(if)%(push:remotename)%(then) %(push:remotename) %(else) %(upstream:remotename) %(end) while it would be impossible to "un-DWIM" the information in case the caller is really only interested in explicit push remotes. While `:remote` would be shorter, it would also be a bit more ambiguous, and it would also shut the door e.g. for `:remoteref` (which would obviously refer to the corresponding ref in the remote repository). Note: the dashless, non-CamelCased form `:remotename` follows the example of the `:trackshort` example. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 66b4e0a405..39f50bd53e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -140,17 +140,20 @@ upstream::
(behind), "<>" (ahead and behind), or "=" (in sync). `:track`
also prints "[gone]" whenever unknown upstream ref is
encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking
- information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M"). Has
- no effect if the ref does not have tracking information
- associated with it. All the options apart from `nobracket`
- are mutually exclusive, but if used together the last option
- is selected.
+ information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M").
++
+Also respects `:remotename` to state the name of the *remote* instead of
+the ref.
++
+Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated
+with it. All the options apart from `nobracket` are mutually exclusive,
+but if used together the last option is selected.
push::
The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}`
location for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip`,
- `:rstrip`, `:track`, and `:trackshort` options as `upstream`
- does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` ref is
+ `:rstrip`, `:track`, `:trackshort` and `:remotename` options as
+ `upstream` does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` ref is
configured.
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