Hi Phillip, even "[gone]" would not be much of help for me. I would need something like "origin/master [gone]" i.e. what "git status -b --porcelain" prints. (Note, I've written about "git status -b --porcelain=v2" before because v2 is better documented and parseable.) Regards Ondra Medek On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 16:02, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Ondra > > On 14/11/2023 12:40, Ondra Medek wrote: > > Hi Phillip, > > > > it does not work for a fresh clone of an empty repository > > > > git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" refs/heads/master > > > > outputs nothing, while > > Oh dear, that's a shame. I wonder if it is a bug because the > documentation says that > > --format="%(upstream:track)" > > should print "[gone]" whenever an unknown upstream ref is encountered > but trying that on a clone of an empty repository gives no output. > > Best Wishes > > Phillip > > > > git status -b --no-ahead-behind --porcelain=v2 > > > > outputs > > > > # branch.oid (initial) > > # branch.head master > > # branch.upstream origin/master > > > > I.e. it outputs a proper upstream branch. > > > > Best regards > > Ondra > > > > Ondra Medek > > > > > > On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 13:28, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Ondra > >> > >> On 14/11/2023 10:16, Ondra Medek wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> I am working on a tol which should fetch changes from a remote > >>> repository on a user click. I want to limit fetch on the current > >>> remote tracking branch (something like "origin/master"), but > >>> surprisingly, it's hard to get it for all corner cases like a fresh > >>> clone of an empty repository or detached head, etc. E.g see this SO > >>> thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/171550/find-out-which-remote-branch-a-local-branch-is-tracking/52896538 > >> > >> I think you can do this by calling > >> > >> git symbolic-ref --quiet HEAD > >> > >> to get the full refname of the current branch. If HEAD is detached it > >> will print nothing and exit with exit code 1. Then you can call > >> > >> git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" $refname > >> > >> to get the upstream branch > >> > >> Best Wishes > >> > >> Phillip > >
