On 01/17, Thomas Gummerer wrote:
> Sometimes it's useful to know the main branch of a git repository
> without actually downloading the repository. This can be done by
> looking at the symrefs stored in the remote repository. Currently git
> doesn't provide a simple way to show the symrefs stored on the remote
> repository, even though the information is available. Add a --symrefs
> command line argument to the ls-remote command, which shows the symrefs
> on the remote repository.
>
> Suggested-by: pedro rijo <pedrorijo91@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
I meant to delete this, the other 4/4 has the re-worded commit
message. Please ignore this one.
> Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt | 8 +++++++-
> builtin/ls-remote.c | 9 ++++++++-
> t/t5512-ls-remote.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
> index 31c1427..5efef9e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
> @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
> --------
> [verse]
> 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
> - [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
> + [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code]
> + [--symrefs] [--get-url] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
>
> DESCRIPTION
> -----------
> @@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ OPTIONS
> "url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
> exit without talking to the remote.
>
> +--symrefs::
> + Show the symrefs on the server. Shows only the symrefs by
> + default, and can be combined with --tags and --heads to show
> + refs/heads and refs/tags as well.
> +
> <repository>::
> The "remote" repository to query. This parameter can be
> either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
> diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
> index 6ee7b0e..f33ada9 100644
> --- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
> +++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
> @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
>
> static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = {
> N_("git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--upload-pack=<exec>]\n"
> - " [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [<repository> [<refs>...]]"),
> + " [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]\n"
> + " [--symrefs] [<repository> [<refs>...]]"),
> NULL
> };
>
> @@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> int quiet = 0;
> int status = 0;
> int tags = 0, heads = 0, refs = 0;
> + int symrefs = 0;
> const char *uploadpack = NULL;
> const char **pattern = NULL;
>
> @@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> N_("take url.<base>.insteadOf into account"), 1),
> OPT_SET_INT(0, "exit-code", &status,
> N_("exit with exit code 2 if no matching refs are found"), 2),
> + OPT_BOOL(0, "symrefs", &symrefs, N_("show symrefs")),
> OPT_END()
> };
>
> @@ -98,6 +101,10 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> if (!dest && !quiet)
> fprintf(stderr, "From %s\n", *remote->url);
> for ( ; ref; ref = ref->next) {
> + if (symrefs && ref->symref)
> + printf("symref: %s %s\n", ref->symref, ref->name);
> + if (symrefs && !flags)
> + continue;
> if (!check_ref_type(ref, flags))
> continue;
> if (!tail_match(pattern, ref->name))
> diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
> index aadaac5..68a1429 100755
> --- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
> +++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
> @@ -163,4 +163,24 @@ test_expect_success 'overrides work between mixed transfer/upload-pack hideRefs'
> grep refs/tags/magic actual
> '
>
> +test_expect_success 'ls-remote --symrefs' '
> + cat >expect <<-EOF &&
> + symref: refs/heads/master HEAD
> + EOF
> + git ls-remote --symrefs >actual &&
> + test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'ls-remote with symrefs and refs combined' '
> + cat >expect <<-EOF &&
> + symref: refs/heads/master HEAD
> + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/heads/master
> + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
> + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/remotes/origin/master
> + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark
> + EOF
> + git ls-remote --symrefs --refs >actual &&
> + test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
> test_done
> --
> 2.7.0.14.g2b6d3d6
>
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Thomas Gummerer
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