When using the "--mirror" option to "git remote add", the refs will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in refs/heads/. This option probably only makes sense in a bare repository. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-remote.txt | 6 +++++- git-remote.perl | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 61a6022..94b9f17 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-remote' -'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url> +'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> 'git-remote' show <name> 'git-remote' prune <name> 'git-remote' update [group] @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ multiple branches without grabbing all branches. With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at. ++ +In mirror mode, enabled with `--mirror`, the refs will not be stored +in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option +only makes sense in bare repositories. 'show':: diff --git a/git-remote.perl b/git-remote.perl index 01cf480..e00b340 100755 --- a/git-remote.perl +++ b/git-remote.perl @@ -276,9 +276,13 @@ sub add_remote { $git->command('config', "remote.$name.url", $url); my $track = $opts->{'track'} || ["*"]; + my $prefix = "refs/remotes/$name/"; + if ($opts->{'mirror'}) { + $prefix = "refs/heads/"; + } for (@$track) { $git->command('config', '--add', "remote.$name.fetch", - "+refs/heads/$_:refs/remotes/$name/$_"); + "+refs/heads/$_:$prefix/$_"); } if ($opts->{'fetch'}) { $git->command('fetch', $name); @@ -409,6 +413,10 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'add') { shift @ARGV; next; } + if ($opt eq '--mirror') { + $opts{'mirror'} = 1; + next; + } add_usage(); } if (@ARGV != 3) { -- 1.5.3.2.g46909 - 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