I updated the code to use 'ALLOC_GROW'. I makes sense, I now I realize why array.alloc is there ;) Jeff, you are right that 'git ls-remote --sort=committerdate' will not work. Do you think we need to do something about this, or it's fine that it fails the way you showed? On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 7:11 PM, Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Create a '--sort' option for ls-remote, based on the one from > for-each-ref. This e.g. allows ref names to be sorted by version > semantics, so that v1.2 is sorted before v1.10. > > Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Notes: > Started using 'ALLOC_GROW' > > Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt | 12 +++++++++++- > builtin/ls-remote.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > t/t5512-ls-remote.sh | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 3 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt > index 5f2628c8f..17fae7218 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > -------- > [verse] > 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>] > - [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] > + [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [--sort=<key>] > [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]] > > DESCRIPTION > @@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ OPTIONS > upload-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only > one shown by ls-remote. > > +--sort=<key>:: > + Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in > + descending order of the value. You may use the --sort=<key> option > + multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary > + key. Also supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag > + names are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort > + order can also be affected by the "versionsort.suffix" > + configuration variable. > + The keys supported are the same as those in `git for-each-ref`. > + > <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 540d56429..5bb8ee68a 100644 > --- a/builtin/ls-remote.c > +++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c > @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ > #include "builtin.h" > #include "cache.h" > #include "transport.h" > +#include "ref-filter.h" > #include "remote.h" > > static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = { > @@ -43,10 +44,13 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > int show_symref_target = 0; > const char *uploadpack = NULL; > const char **pattern = NULL; > + int i; > > struct remote *remote; > struct transport *transport; > const struct ref *ref; > + struct ref_array array; > + static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting; > > struct option options[] = { > OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("do not print remote URL")), > @@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > OPT_BIT(0, "refs", &flags, N_("do not show peeled tags"), REF_NORMAL), > OPT_BOOL(0, "get-url", &get_url, > N_("take url.<base>.insteadOf into account")), > + OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"), > + N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting), > OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "exit-code", &status, > N_("exit with exit code 2 if no matching refs are found"), > 2, PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE), > @@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > OPT_END() > }; > > + memset(&array, 0, sizeof(array)); > + > argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, ls_remote_usage, > PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION); > dest = argv[0]; > @@ -104,13 +112,28 @@ 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) { > + struct ref_array_item *item; > if (!check_ref_type(ref, flags)) > continue; > if (!tail_match(pattern, ref->name)) > continue; > + > + FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(item, refname, ref->name, strlen(ref->name)); > + item->symref = ref->symref; > + item->objectname = ref->old_oid; > + > + ALLOC_GROW(array.items, array.nr + 1, array.alloc); > + array.items[array.nr++] = item; > + } > + > + if (sorting) > + ref_array_sort(sorting, &array); > + > + for (i = 0; i < array.nr; i++) { > + const struct ref_array_item *ref = array.items[i]; > if (show_symref_target && ref->symref) > - printf("ref: %s\t%s\n", ref->symref, ref->name); > - printf("%s\t%s\n", oid_to_hex(&ref->old_oid), ref->name); > + printf("ref: %s\t%s\n", ref->symref, ref->refname); > + printf("%s\t%s\n", oid_to_hex(&ref->objectname), ref->refname); > status = 0; /* we found something */ > } > return status; > diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh > index 02106c922..66370cd88 100755 > --- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh > +++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh > @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ test_expect_success setup ' > test_tick && > git commit -m initial && > git tag mark && > + git tag mark1.1 && > + git tag mark1.2 && > + git tag mark1.10 && > git show-ref --tags -d | sed -e "s/ / /" >expected.tag && > ( > echo "$(git rev-parse HEAD) HEAD" > @@ -39,6 +42,39 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-remote self' ' > test_cmp expected.all actual > ' > > +test_expect_success 'ls-remote --sort="version:refname" --tags self' ' > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.1 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.2 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.10 > + EOF > + git ls-remote --sort="version:refname" --tags self >actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'ls-remote --sort="-version:refname" --tags self' ' > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.10 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.2 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.1 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark > + EOF > + git ls-remote --sort="-version:refname" --tags self >actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'ls-remote --sort="-refname" --tags self' ' > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.2 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.10 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.1 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark > + EOF > + git ls-remote --sort="-refname" --tags self >actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > +' > + > test_expect_success 'dies when no remote specified and no default remotes found' ' > test_must_fail git ls-remote > ' > @@ -131,7 +167,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Report no-match with --exit-code' ' > > test_expect_success 'Report match with --exit-code' ' > git ls-remote --exit-code other.git "refs/tags/*" >actual && > - git ls-remote . tags/mark >expect && > + git ls-remote . tags/mark* >expect && > test_cmp expect actual > ' > > @@ -178,6 +214,9 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-remote --symref' ' > 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/remotes/origin/HEAD > 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/remotes/origin/master > 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.1 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.10 > + 1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a refs/tags/mark1.2 > EOF > git ls-remote --symref >actual && > test_cmp expect actual > -- > 2.14.3 (Apple Git-98) >