Hi, Øystein Walle wrote: > Running `git fetch --unshallow` on a repo that is not in fact shallow > produces a fatal error message. Hm, can you say more about the context? From a certain point of view, it might make sense for that command to succeed instead: if the repo is already unshallow, then why should't "fetch --unshallow" complain instead of declaring victory? > Add a helper to rev-parse that scripters > can use to determine whether a repo is shallow or not. > > Signed-off-by: Øystein Walle <oystwa@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 3 +++ > builtin/rev-parse.c | 5 +++++ > t/t1500-rev-parse.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+) Regardless, this new rev-parse --is-shallow helper looks like a good feature. [...] > --- a/builtin/rev-parse.c > +++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c > @@ -868,6 +868,11 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > : "false"); > continue; > } > + if (!strcmp(arg, "--is-shallow-repository")) { > + printf("%s\n", is_repository_shallow() ? "true" > + : "false"); > + continue; > + } The implementation is straightforward and correct. [...] > --- a/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh > +++ b/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh Thanks for writing tests. \o/ > @@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ test_expect_success 'git-path inside sub-dir' ' > test_cmp expect actual > ' > > +test_expect_success 'git-path shallow repository' ' What does git-path mean here? I wonder if it's a copy/paste error. Did you mean something like test_expect_success 'rev-parse --is-shallow-repository in shallow repo' ' ? > + test_commit test_commit && > + echo true >expect && > + git clone --depth 1 --no-local . shallow && > + test_when_finished "rm -rf shallow" && > + git -C shallow rev-parse --is-shallow-repository >actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'git-path notshallow repository' ' Likewise: should this be test_expect_success 'rev-parse --is-shallow-repository in non-shallow repo' ' ? > + echo false >expect && > + git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository >actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > +' > + > test_expect_success 'showing the superproject correctly' ' With the two tweaks mentioned above, Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks.