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2013-04-01Merge branch 'jc/nobody-sets-src-peer-ref'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+0
Dead code removal. * jc/nobody-sets-src-peer-ref: match_push_refs(): nobody sets src->peer_ref anymore
2013-03-25Merge branch 'jc/push-follow-tag'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+99
The new "--follow-tags" option tells "git push" to push relevant annotated tags when pushing branches out. * jc/push-follow-tag: push: --follow-tags commit.c: use clear_commit_marks_many() in in_merge_bases_many() commit.c: add in_merge_bases_many() commit.c: add clear_commit_marks_many()
2013-03-21Merge branch 'jc/fetch-raw-sha1'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-18/+23
Allows requests to fetch objects at any tip of refs (including hidden ones). It seems that there may be use cases even outside Gerrit (e.g. $gmane/215701). * jc/fetch-raw-sha1: fetch: fetch objects by their exact SHA-1 object names upload-pack: optionally allow fetching from the tips of hidden refs fetch: use struct ref to represent refs to be fetched parse_fetch_refspec(): clarify the codeflow a bit
2013-03-05push: --follow-tagsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+99
The new option "--follow-tags" tells "git push" to push annotated tags that are missing from the other side and that can be reached by the history that is otherwise pushed out. For example, if you are using the "simple", "current", or "upstream" push, you would ordinarily push the history leading to the commit at your current HEAD and nothing else. With this option, you would also push all annotated tags that can be reached from that commit to the other side. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-03-04match_push_refs(): nobody sets src->peer_ref anymoreLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+0
In ancient times, we used to disallow the same source ref to be pushed to more than one places, e.g. "git push there master:master master:naster" was disallowed. We later lifted this restriction with db27ee63929f (send-pack: allow the same source to be pushed more than once., 2005-08-06) and there no longer is anybody that sets peer_ref for the source side of the ref list in the push codepath since then. Remove one leftover no-op in a loop that iterates over the source side of ref list (i.e. our local ref) to see if it can/should be sent to a matching destination ref while skipping ones that is marked with peer_ref (which will never exist, so we do not skip anything). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-07fetch: fetch objects by their exact SHA-1 object namesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+11
Teach "git fetch" to accept an exact SHA-1 object name the user may obtain out of band on the LHS of a pathspec, and send it on a "want" message when the server side advertises the allow-tip-sha1-in-want capability. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-07parse_fetch_refspec(): clarify the codeflow a bitLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-17/+12
Most parts of the cascaded if/else if/... checked an allowable condition but some checked forbidden conditions. This makes adding new allowable conditions unnecessarily inconvenient. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-04Merge branch 'jc/push-reject-reasons'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-23/+19
Improve error and advice messages given locally when "git push" refuses when it cannot compute fast-forwardness by separating these cases from the normal "not a fast-forward; merge first and push again" case. * jc/push-reject-reasons: push: finishing touches to explain REJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS better push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection reason push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"
2013-01-24push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCELibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+8
When we push to update an existing ref, if: * the object at the tip of the remote is not a commit; or * the object we are pushing is not a commit, it won't be correct to suggest to fetch, integrate and push again, as the old and new objects will not "merge". We should explain that the push must be forced when there is a non-committish object is involved in such a case. If we do not have the current object at the tip of the remote, we do not even know that object, when fetched, is something that can be merged. In such a case, suggesting to pull first just like non-fast-forward case may not be technically correct, but in practice, most such failures are seen when you try to push your work to a branch without knowing that somebody else already pushed to update the same branch since you forked, so "pull first" would work as a suggestion most of the time. And if the object at the tip is not a commit, "pull first" will fail, without making any permanent damage. As a side effect, it also makes the error message the user will get during the next "push" attempt easier to understand, now the user is aware that a non-commit object is involved. In these cases, the current code already rejects such a push on the client end, but we used the same error and advice messages as the ones used when rejecting a non-fast-forward push, i.e. pull from there and integrate before pushing again. Introduce new rejection reasons and reword the messages appropriately. [jc: with help by Peff on message details] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-24push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection reasonLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-16/+11
First compute the reason why this push would fail if done without "--force", and then fail it by assigning that reason when the push was not forced (or if there is no reason to require force, allow it to succeed). Record the fact that the push was forced in the forced_update field only when the push would have failed without the option. The code becomes shorter, less repetitive and easier to read this way, especially given that the set of rejection reasons will be extended in a later patch. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-24push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-10/+6
The "nonfastforward" and "update" fields are only used while deciding what value to assign to the "status" locally in a single function. Remove them from the "struct ref". The "requires_force" field is not used to decide if the proposed update requires a --force option to succeed, or to record such a decision made elsewhere. It is used by status reporting code that the particular update was "forced". Rename it to "forced_update", and move the code to assign to it around to further clarify how it is used and what it is used for. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-23Merge branch 'cr/push-force-tag-update'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-36/+7
Regression fix to stop "git push" complaining "target ref already exists", when it is not the real reason the command rejected the request (e.g. non-fast-forward). * cr/push-force-tag-update: push: fix "refs/tags/ hierarchy cannot be updated without --force"
2013-01-16push: fix "refs/tags/ hierarchy cannot be updated without --force"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-36/+7
When pushing to update a branch with a commit that is not a descendant of the commit at the tip, a wrong message "already exists" was given, instead of the correct "non-fast-forward", if we do not have the object sitting in the destination repository at the tip of the ref we are updating. The primary cause of the bug is that the check in a new helper function is_forwardable() assumed both old and new objects are available and can be checked, which is not always the case. The way the caller uses the result of this function is also wrong. If the helper says "we do not want to let this push go through", the caller unconditionally translates it into "we blocked it because the destination already exists", which is not true at all in this case. Fix this by doing these three things: * Remove unnecessary not_forwardable from "struct ref"; it is only used inside set_ref_status_for_push(); * Make "refs/tags/" the only hierarchy that cannot be replaced without --force; * Remove the misguided attempt to force that everything that updates an existing ref has to be a commit outside "refs/tags/" hierarchy. The policy last one tried to implement may later be resurrected and extended to ensure fast-forwardness (defined as "not losing objects", extending from the traditional "not losing commits from the resulting history") when objects that are not commit are involved (e.g. an annotated tag in hierarchies outside refs/tags), but such a logic belongs to "is this a fast-forward?" check that is done by ref_newer(); is_forwardable(), which is now removed, was not the right place to do so. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-11Merge branch 'jc/fetch-ignore-symref' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+12
"git fetch --mirror" and fetch that uses other forms of refspec with wildcard used to attempt to update a symbolic ref that match the wildcard on the receiving end, which made little sense (the real ref that is pointed at by the symbolic ref would be updated anyway). Symbolic refs no longer are affected by such a fetch. * jc/fetch-ignore-symref: fetch: ignore wildcarded refspecs that update local symbolic refs
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jc/fetch-ignore-symref'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+12
Avoid false error from an attempt to update local symbolic ref via fetch. * jc/fetch-ignore-symref: fetch: ignore wildcarded refspecs that update local symbolic refs
2013-01-05Merge branch 'cr/push-force-tag-update'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-20/+63
Require "-f" for push to update a tag, even if it is a fast-forward. * cr/push-force-tag-update: push: allow already-exists advice to be disabled push: rename config variable for more general use push: cleanup push rules comment push: clarify rejection of update to non-commit-ish push: require force for annotated tags push: require force for refs under refs/tags/ push: flag updates that require force push: keep track of "update" state separately push: add advice for rejected tag reference push: return reject reasons as a bitset
2012-12-11fetch: ignore wildcarded refspecs that update local symbolic refsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+12
In a repository cloned from somewhere else, you typically have a symbolic ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD pointing at the 'master' remote-tracking ref that is next to it. When fetching into such a repository with "git fetch --mirror" from another repository that was similarly cloned, the implied wildcard refspec refs/*:refs/* will end up asking to update refs/remotes/origin/HEAD with the object at refs/remotes/origin/HEAD at the remote side, while asking to update refs/remotes/origin/master the same way. Depending on the order the two updates happen, the latter one would find that the value of the ref before it is updated has changed from what the code expects. When the user asks to update the underlying ref via the symbolic ref explicitly without using a wildcard refspec, e.g. "git fetch $there refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/HEAD", we should still let him do so, but when expanding wildcard refs, it will result in a more intuitive outcome if we simply ignore local symbolic refs. As the purpose of the symbolic ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD is to follow the ref it points at (e.g. refs/remotes/origin/master), its value would change when the underlying ref is updated. Earlier commit da3efdb (receive-pack: detect aliased updates which can occur with symrefs, 2010-04-19) fixed a similar issue for "git push". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-03Merge branch 'mm/status-push-pull-advise'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+9
Finishing touch to allow the new advice message squelched with an advice.* configuration variable. * mm/status-push-pull-advise: status: respect advice.statusHints for ahead/behind advice
2012-12-03status: respect advice.statusHints for ahead/behind adviceLibravatar Jeff King1-6/+9
If the user has unset advice.statusHints, we already suppress the "use git reset to..." hints in each stanza. The new "use git push to publish..." hint is the same type of hint. Let's respect statusHints for it, rather than making the user set yet another advice flag. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Acked-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-03push: cleanup push rules commentLibravatar Chris Rorvick1-15/+17
Rewrite to remove inter-dependencies amongst the rules. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-02push: clarify rejection of update to non-commit-ishLibravatar Chris Rorvick1-0/+5
Pushes must already (by default) update to a commit-ish due to the fast- forward check in set_ref_status_for_push(). But rejecting for not being a fast-forward suggests the situation can be resolved with a merge. Flag these updates (i.e., to a blob or a tree) as not forwardable so the user is presented with more appropriate advice. While updating *from* a tag object is potentially destructive, updating *to* a tag is not. Additionally, a push to the refs/tags/ hierarchy is already excluded from fast-forwarding, and refs/heads/ is protected from anything but commit objects by a check in write_ref_sha1(). Thus someone fast-forwarding to a tag is probably not doing so by accident. Since updating to a tag is benign and unlikely to cause confusion, allow it in case someone finds the behavior useful. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-02push: require force for annotated tagsLibravatar Chris Rorvick1-2/+9
Do not allow fast-forwarding of references that point to a tag object. Updating from a tag is potentially destructive since it would likely leave the tag dangling. Disallowing updates to a tag also makes sense semantically and is consistent with the behavior of lightweight tags. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-02push: require force for refs under refs/tags/Libravatar Chris Rorvick1-4/+14
References are allowed to update from one commit-ish to another if the former is an ancestor of the latter. This behavior is oriented to branches which are expected to move with commits. Tag references are expected to be static in a repository, though, thus an update to something under refs/tags/ should be rejected unless the update is forced. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-02push: flag updates that require forceLibravatar Chris Rorvick1-3/+8
Add a flag for indicating an update to a reference requires force. Currently the `nonfastforward` flag is used for this when generating the status message. A separate flag insulates dependent logic from the details of set_ref_status_for_push(). Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-02push: keep track of "update" state separatelyLibravatar Chris Rorvick1-7/+11
If the reference exists on the remote and it is not being removed, then mark as an update. This is in preparation for handling tags (lightweight and annotated) exceptionally. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-02push: add advice for rejected tag referenceLibravatar Chris Rorvick1-0/+10
Advising the user to fetch and merge only makes sense if the rejected reference is a branch. If none of the rejections are for branches, just tell the user the reference already exists. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-11-28Merge branch 'mm/status-push-pull-advise'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+10
* mm/status-push-pull-advise: status: add advice on how to push/pull to tracking branch
2012-11-16status: add advice on how to push/pull to tracking branchLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-3/+10
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-11-15Merge branch 'jc/maint-fetch-tighten-refname-check'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
For a fetch refspec (or the result of applying wildcard on one), we always want the RHS to map to something inside "refs/" hierarchy. This was split out from discarded jc/maint-push-refs-all topic. * jc/maint-fetch-tighten-refname-check: get_fetch_map(): tighten checks on dest refs
2012-10-19get_fetch_map(): tighten checks on dest refsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
The code to check the refname we store the fetched result locally did not bother checking the first 5 bytes of it, presumably assuming that it always begin with "refs/". For a fetch refspec (or the result of applying wildcard on one), we always want the RHS to map to something inside "refs/" hierarchy, so let's spell that rule out in a more explicit way. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-07-13Merge branch 'jk/push-delete-ref-error-message'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
The error message from "git push $there :bogo" mentioned we tried and failed to guess what ref is being deleted based on the LHS of the refspec, which we don't. # By Jeff King * jk/push-delete-ref-error-message: push: don't guess at qualifying remote refs on deletion
2012-07-03push: don't guess at qualifying remote refs on deletionLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+3
When we try to push a ref and the right-hand side of the refspec does not find a match, we try to create it. If it is not fully qualified, we try to guess where it would go in the refs hierarchy based on the left-hand source side. If the source side is not a ref, then we give up and give a long explanatory message. For deletions, however, this doesn't make any sense. We would never want to create on the remote side, and if an unqualified ref can't be matched, it is simply an error. The current code handles this already because the left-hand side is empty, and therefore does not give us a hint as to where the right-hand side should go, and we properly error out. Unfortunately, the error message is the long "we tried to qualify this, but the source side didn't let us guess" message, which is quite confusing. Instead, we can just be more succinct and say "we can't delete this because we couldn't find it". So before: $ git push origin :bogus error: unable to push to unqualified destination: bogus The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref. error: failed to push some refs to '$URL' and now: $ git push origin :bogus error: unable to delete 'bogus': remote ref does not exist error: failed to push some refs to '$URL' It is tempting to also catch a fully-qualified ref like "refs/heads/bogus" and generate the same error message. However, that currently does not error out at all, and instead gets sent to the remote side, which typically generates a warning: $ git push origin:refs/heads/bogus remote: warning: Deleting a non-existent ref. To $URL - [deleted] bogus While it would be nice to catch this error early, a client-side error would mean aborting the push entirely and changing push's exit code. For example, right now you can do: $ git push origin refs/heads/foo refs/heads/bar and end up in a state where "foo" and "bar" are deleted, whether both of them currently exist or not (and see an error only if we actually failed to contact the server). Generating an error would cause a regression for this use case. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-22add sorting infrastructure for list refsLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+22
Since we store lists of refs as linked lists, we can use llist_mergesort to efficiently sort them. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-22push: add '--prune' optionLibravatar Felipe Contreras1-3/+28
When pushing groups of refs to a remote, there is no simple way to remove old refs that still exist at the remote that is no longer updated from us. This will allow us to remove such refs from the remote. With this change, running this command $ git push --prune remote refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/laptop/* removes refs/remotes/laptop/foo from the remote if we do not have branch "foo" locally anymore. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-22remote: refactor code into alloc_delete_ref()Libravatar Felipe Contreras1-5/+9
Will be useful in next patches. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-22remote: reorganize check_pattern_match()Libravatar Felipe Contreras1-29/+30
The function match_name_with_pattern() is called twice, once to see if a pattern matches with the name, and again to learn what the matched pattern maps the name to. Since check_pattern_match() is only used in one place, we can just reorganize it to make a single call and fetch the values at the same time. This changes the meaning of check_pattern_match() that used to check which pattern in the array of refspecs matched the given ref, to return the name of the remote ref the given ref is mapped to. Rename it to get_ref_match() which actually describes more closely what it's actually doing now. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-22remote: use a local variable in match_push_refs()Libravatar Felipe Contreras1-9/+10
So that we can reuse src later on. No functional changes. Will be useful in next patches. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-01i18n: format_tracking_info "Your branch is behind" messageLibravatar Jiang Xin1-11/+21
Function format_tracking_info in remote.c is called by wt_status_print_tracking in wt-status.c, which will print branch tracking message in git-status. git-checkout also show these messages through it's report_tracking function. Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-13Rename resolve_ref() to resolve_ref_unsafe()Libravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-3/+3
resolve_ref() may return a pointer to a shared buffer and can be overwritten by the next resolve_ref() calls. Callers need to pay attention, not to keep the pointer when the next call happens. Rename with "_unsafe" suffix to warn developers (or reviewers) before introducing new call sites. This patch is generated using the following command git grep -l 'resolve_ref(' -- '*.[ch]'|xargs sed -i 's/resolve_ref(/resolve_ref_unsafe(/g' Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-11-13Convert many resolve_ref() calls to read_ref*() and ref_exists()Libravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-2/+2
resolve_ref() may return a pointer to a static buffer, which is not safe for long-term use because if another resolve_ref() call happens, the buffer may be changed. Many call sites though do not care about this buffer. They simply check if the return value is NULL or not. Convert all these call sites to new wrappers to reduce resolve_ref() calls from 57 to 34. If we change resolve_ref() prototype later on to avoid passing static buffer out, this helps reduce changes. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-26Merge branch 'cn/fetch-prune'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-48/+56
* cn/fetch-prune: fetch: treat --tags like refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* when pruning fetch: honor the user-provided refspecs when pruning refs remote: separate out the remote_find_tracking logic into query_refspecs t5510: add tests for fetch --prune fetch: free all the additional refspecs Conflicts: remote.c
2011-10-21Merge branch 'jc/match-refs-clarify'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+8
* jc/match-refs-clarify: rename "match_refs()" to "match_push_refs()" send-pack: typofix error message
2011-10-15fetch: honor the user-provided refspecs when pruning refsLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-12/+23
If the user gave us refspecs on the command line, we should use those when deciding whether to prune a ref instead of relying on the refspecs in the config. Previously, running git fetch --prune origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master would delete every other ref under the origin namespace because we were using the refspec to filter the available refs but using the configured refspec to figure out if a ref had been deleted on the remote. This is clearly the wrong thing to do. Change prune_refs and get_stale_heads to simply accept a list of references and a list of refspecs. The caller of either function needs to decide what refspecs should be used to decide whether a ref is stale. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-15remote: separate out the remote_find_tracking logic into query_refspecsLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-36/+33
Move the body of remote_find_tracking() to a new helper query_refspecs() that finds a refspec that matches and applies the transformation, but explicitly takes the list of refspecs, and make remote_find_tracking() a thin wrapper of it. Make apply_refspecs() also use query_refspecs(). Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-05remote: use xstrdup() instead of strdup()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-05Change check_ref_format() to take a flags argumentLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-39/+14
Change check_ref_format() to take a flags argument that indicates what is acceptable in the reference name (analogous to "git check-ref-format"'s "--allow-onelevel" and "--refspec-pattern"). This is more convenient for callers and also fixes a failure in the test suite (and likely elsewhere in the code) by enabling "onelevel" and "refspec-pattern" to be allowed independently of each other. Also rename check_ref_format() to check_refname_format() to make it obvious that it deals with refnames rather than references themselves. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-12rename "match_refs()" to "match_push_refs()"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+8
Yes, there is a warning that says the function is only used by push in big red letters in front of this function, but it didn't say a more important thing it should have said: what the function is for and what it does. Rename it and document it to avoid future confusion. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-07make copy_ref globally availableLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+1
This is a useful function, and we have already made the similar alloc_ref and copy_ref_list available. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-05consider only branches in guess_remote_headLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+3
The guess_remote_head function tries to figure out where a remote's HEAD is pointing by comparing the sha1 of the remote's HEAD with the sha1 of various refs found on the remote. However, we were too liberal in matching refs, and would match tags or remote tracking branches, even though these things could not possibly be referenced by the HEAD symbolic ref (since git will detach when checking them out). As a result, a clone of a remote repository with a detached HEAD might write "refs/tags/*" into our local HEAD, which is bogus. The resulting HEAD should be detached. The other related code path is remote.c's get_head_names() (which is used for, among other things, "set-head -a"). This was not affected, however, as that function feeds only refs from refs/heads to guess_remote_head. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-11-03Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+1
One more step towards consistancy. We change the documentation and the C code in a single patch, since the only instances in the C code are in comment and usage strings. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>