Using branch.$name.description as the configuration key, give users a
place to write about what the purpose of the branch is and things like
that, so that various subsystems, e.g. "push -s", "request-pull", and
"format-patch --cover-letter", can later be taught to use this
information.
The "-m" option similar to "commit/tag" is deliberately omitted, as the
whole point of branch description is about giving descriptive information
(the name of the branch itself is a better place for information that fits
on a single-line).
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-branch.txt | 5 +++
builtin/branch.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 507b8d0..8871a4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
+'git branch' --edit-description [<branchname>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
like '--track' would when creating the branch, except that where
branch points to is not changed.
+--edit-description::
+ Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
+ for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
+
--contains <commit>::
Only list branches which contain the specified commit.
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index f49596f..fffa319 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -606,11 +606,49 @@ static int opt_parse_merge_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int
return 0;
}
+static const char edit_description[] = "BRANCH_DESCRIPTION";
+
+static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
+{
+ FILE *fp;
+ int status;
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ read_branch_desc(&buf, branch_name);
+ if (!buf.len || buf.buf[buf.len-1] != '\n')
+ strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
+ strbuf_addf(&buf,
+ "# Please edit the description for the branch\n"
+ "# %s\n"
+ "# Lines starting with '#' will be stripped.\n",
+ branch_name);
+ fp = fopen(git_path(edit_description), "w");
+ if ((fwrite(buf.buf, 1, buf.len, fp) < buf.len) || fclose(fp)) {
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+ return error(_("could not write branch description template: %s\n"),
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
+ strbuf_reset(&buf);
+ if (launch_editor(git_path(edit_description), &buf, NULL)) {
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ stripspace(&buf, 1);
+
+ strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name);
+ status = git_config_set(name.buf, buf.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&name);
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+ return status;
+}
+
int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int delete = 0, rename = 0, force_create = 0;
int verbose = 0, abbrev = -1, detached = 0;
- int reflog = 0;
+ int reflog = 0, edit_description = 0;
enum branch_track track;
int kinds = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
struct commit_list *with_commit = NULL;
@@ -648,6 +686,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BIT('m', NULL, &rename, "move/rename a branch and its reflog", 1),
OPT_BIT('M', NULL, &rename, "move/rename a branch, even if target exists", 2),
OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &reflog, "create the branch's reflog"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "edit-description", &edit_description,
+ "edit the description for the branch"),
OPT__FORCE(&force_create, "force creation (when already exists)"),
{
OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "no-merged", &merge_filter_ref,
@@ -694,7 +734,19 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (delete)
return delete_branches(argc, argv, delete > 1, kinds);
- else if (argc == 0)
+ else if (edit_description) {
+ const char *branch_name;
+ if (detached)
+ die("Cannot give description to detached HEAD");
+ if (!argc)
+ branch_name = head;
+ else if (argc == 1)
+ branch_name = argv[0];
+ else
+ usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
+ if (edit_branch_description(branch_name))
+ return 1;
+ } else if (argc == 0)
return print_ref_list(kinds, detached, verbose, abbrev, with_commit);
else if (rename && (argc == 1))
rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
--
1.7.7.rc2.4.g5ec82
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