The previous iteration of the same can be found: http://www.mail-archive.com/git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg78153.html Changes in this version: * use ref_default_sorting() * Improve documentation, comments and commit message. Karthik Nayak (8): branch: refactor width computation branch: bump get_head_description() to the top branch: roll show_detached HEAD into regular ref_list branch: move 'current' check down to the presentation layer branch: drop non-commit error reporting branch.c: use 'ref-filter' data structures branch.c: use 'ref-filter' APIs branch: add '--points-at' option Documentation/git-branch.txt | 16 +- builtin/branch.c | 502 +++++++++++++------------------------------ ref-filter.c | 2 +- ref-filter.h | 6 +- t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh | 31 ++- t/t3203-branch-output.sh | 20 ++ 6 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 366 deletions(-) Interdiff: diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index b0a96e1..b7a60f4 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -479,8 +479,6 @@ static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sortin struct ref_array array; int maxwidth = 0; const char *remote_prefix = ""; - struct ref_sorting def_sorting; - const char *sort_type = "refname"; /* * If we are listing more than just remote branches, @@ -498,12 +496,15 @@ static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sortin if (filter->verbose) maxwidth = calc_maxwidth(&array, strlen(remote_prefix)); - if (!sorting) { - def_sorting.next = NULL; - def_sorting.atom = parse_ref_filter_atom(sort_type, - sort_type + strlen(sort_type)); - sorting = &def_sorting; - } + /* + * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting + * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted + * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by + * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking + * branches 'refs/remotes/...'. + */ + if (!sorting) + sorting = ref_default_sorting(); ref_array_sort(sorting, &array); diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 647a9cf..03c7af1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -237,8 +235,11 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. order of the value. You may use the --sort=<key> option multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary key. The keys supported are the same as those in `git - for-each-ref`. Sort order defaults to sorting based on branch - type. + for-each-ref`. Sort order defaults to sorting based on the + full refname (including `refs/...` prefix). This lists + detached HEAD (if present) first, then local branches and + finally remote-tracking branches. + --points-at <object>:: Only list branches of the given object. -- 2.5.1 -- 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