The docs seem to say that doing
git show-ref --head --tags
would show both the HEAD ref and all the tag refs. However, doing
both --head and either of --tags or --heads would filter out the HEAD
ref.
Also update the documentation to describe the new behavior.
Signed-off-by: Doug Bell <madcityzen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 10 ++++++----
builtin/show-ref.c | 8 ++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index de4d352..b0a309b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ commit IDs. Results can be filtered using a pattern and tags can be
dereferenced into object IDs. Additionally, it can be used to test whether a
particular ref exists.
+By default, shows the tags, heads, and remote refs.
+
The --exclude-existing form is a filter that does the inverse, it shows the
refs from stdin that don't exist in the local repository.
@@ -32,14 +34,14 @@ OPTIONS
--head::
- Show the HEAD reference.
+ Show the HEAD reference, even if it would normally be filtered out.
--tags::
--heads::
- Limit to only "refs/heads" and "refs/tags", respectively. These
- options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored
- in "refs/heads" and "refs/tags" are displayed.
+ Limit to "refs/heads" and "refs/tags", respectively. These options
+ are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored in
+ "refs/heads" and "refs/tags" are displayed.
-d::
--dereference::
diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 4a0310d..4b069e7 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ static int show_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, vo
const char *hex;
unsigned char peeled[20];
+ if (show_head && !strncmp(refname, "HEAD\0", 5))
+ goto match;
+
if (tags_only || heads_only) {
int match;
@@ -167,9 +170,10 @@ static const struct option show_ref_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "verify", &verify, N_("stricter reference checking, "
"requires exact ref path")),
{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 'h', NULL, &show_head, NULL,
- N_("show the HEAD reference"),
+ N_("show the HEAD reference, even if it would be filtered out"),
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
- OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "head", &show_head, N_("show the HEAD reference")),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "head", &show_head,
+ N_("show the HEAD reference, even if it would be filtered out")),
OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "dereference", &deref_tags,
N_("dereference tags into object IDs")),
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 's', "hash", &abbrev, N_("n"),
--
1.7.12.4
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