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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt7
-rw-r--r--builtin/symbolic-ref.c11
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index a45d4c4f29..981d3a8fc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>]
+'git symbolic-ref' [-m <reason>] <name> <ref>
+'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [--short] <name>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ OPTIONS
symbolic ref but a detached HEAD; instead exit with
non-zero status silently.
+--short::
+ When showing the value of <name> as a symbolic ref, try to shorten the
+ value, e.g. from `refs/heads/master` to `master`.
+
-m::
Update the reflog for <name> with <reason>. This is valid only
when creating or updating a symbolic ref.
diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index 2ef5962386..801d62ece5 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ static const char * const git_symbolic_ref_usage[] = {
NULL
};
+static int shorten;
+
static void check_symref(const char *HEAD, int quiet)
{
unsigned char sha1[20];
int flag;
- const char *refs_heads_master = resolve_ref_unsafe(HEAD, sha1, 0, &flag);
+ const char *refname = resolve_ref_unsafe(HEAD, sha1, 0, &flag);
- if (!refs_heads_master)
+ if (!refname)
die("No such ref: %s", HEAD);
else if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF)) {
if (!quiet)
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ static void check_symref(const char *HEAD, int quiet)
else
exit(1);
}
- puts(refs_heads_master);
+ if (shorten)
+ refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, 0);
+ puts(refname);
}
int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct option options[] = {
OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
"suppress error message for non-symbolic (detached) refs"),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "short", &shorten, "shorten ref output"),
OPT_STRING('m', NULL, &msg, "reason", "reason of the update"),
OPT_END(),
};