From: Brandon Casey <drafnel@xxxxxxxxx> When 'git fetch' is supplied just a repository URL (not a remote name), and without a fetch refspec, it should fetch from the remote HEAD branch and update FETCH_HEAD with the fetched ref. Currently, when 'git fetch' is called like this, it fails to retrieve anything, and does not update FETCH_HEAD, if the current checked-out branch has a configured merge ref. i.e. this fetch fails to retrieve anything nor update FETCH_HEAD: git checkout master git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git but this one does: git config --unset branch.master.merge git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git Add a test to demonstrate this flaw. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- t/t5510-fetch.sh | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh index 4eb10f6..3c7569c 100755 --- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh +++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh @@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with a non-applying branch.<name>.merge' ' git fetch blub ' +test_expect_failure 'fetch from GIT URL with a non-applying branch.<name>.merge' ' + git update-ref -d FETCH_HEAD && + git fetch one && + git rev-parse --verify FETCH_HEAD +' + # the strange name is: a\!'b test_expect_success 'quoting of a strangely named repo' ' test_must_fail git fetch "a\\!'\''b" > result 2>&1 && -- 1.7.2.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html