Currently, set-head --auto will print a message saying "remote/HEAD set
to branch", which implies something was changed.
Change the output of --auto, so the output actually reflects what was
done: a) set a previously unset HEAD, b) change HEAD because remote
changed or c) no updates. As a fourth output, if HEAD is changed from
a previous value that was not a remote branch, explicitly call attention
to this fact.
Signed-off-by: Bence Ferdinandy <bence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Notes:
v1-v2:
was RFC in https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240910203835.2288291-1-bence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v3:
This patch was originally sent along when I thought set-head was
going to be invoked by fetch, but the discussion on the RFC
concluded that it should be not. This opened the possibility to make
it more explicit.
Note: although I feel both things the patch does are really just
cosmetic, an argument could be made for breaking it into two, one
for the no-op part and one for the --auto print update.
Was sent in:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240915221055.904107-1-bence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v4:
- changes are now handled atomically via the ref update transaction
- outputs have changed along the lines of Junio's suggestion
- minor refactor to set_head for improved legibility
v5: - the minor refactor has been split out into its own patch
v6: - fixed uninitialized prev_head
- fixed case of unusual previous target
- fixed a test that would have been actually broken at this patch
(the output was only correct with the later update to fetch)
- added 4 tests for the 4 output cases
v7: - change commit prefix to be more in line with project standards
- fixed tests to also work with the reftable backend
- renamed report function, fixed style issue with checking buf len
- fixed not releasing an strbuf
builtin/remote.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
t/t5505-remote.sh | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 353ffd2c43..2b6948439f 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -1399,10 +1399,35 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
return result;
}
+static void report_set_head_auto(const char *remote, const char *head_name,
+ struct strbuf *buf_prev) {
+ struct strbuf buf_prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
+ const char *prev_head = NULL;
+
+ strbuf_addf(&buf_prefix, "refs/remotes/%s/", remote);
+ skip_prefix(buf_prev->buf, buf_prefix.buf, &prev_head);
+
+ if (prev_head && !strcmp(prev_head, head_name))
+ printf("'%s/HEAD' is unchanged and points to '%s'\n",
+ remote, head_name);
+ else if (prev_head)
+ printf("'%s/HEAD' has changed from '%s' and now points to '%s'\n",
+ remote, prev_head, head_name);
+ else if (!buf_prev->len)
+ printf("'%s/HEAD' is now created and points to '%s'\n",
+ remote, head_name);
+ else
+ printf("'%s/HEAD' used to point to '%s' "
+ "(which is not a remote branch), but now points to '%s'\n",
+ remote, buf_prev->buf, head_name);
+ strbuf_release(&buf_prefix);
+}
+
static int set_head(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int i, opt_a = 0, opt_d = 0, result = 0;
- struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, buf2 = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, buf2 = STRBUF_INIT,
+ buf_prev = STRBUF_INIT;
char *head_name = NULL;
struct ref_store *refs = get_main_ref_store(the_repository);
@@ -1445,15 +1470,17 @@ static int set_head(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
/* make sure it's valid */
if (!refs_ref_exists(refs, buf2.buf))
result |= error(_("Not a valid ref: %s"), buf2.buf);
- else if (refs_update_symref(refs, buf.buf, buf2.buf, "remote set-head", NULL))
+ else if (refs_update_symref(refs, buf.buf, buf2.buf, "remote set-head", &buf_prev))
result |= error(_("Could not setup %s"), buf.buf);
- else if (opt_a)
- printf("%s/HEAD set to %s\n", argv[0], head_name);
+ else if (opt_a) {
+ report_set_head_auto(argv[0], head_name, &buf_prev);
+ }
free(head_name);
}
strbuf_release(&buf);
strbuf_release(&buf2);
+ strbuf_release(&buf_prev);
return result;
}
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 532035933f..d99cd1d0aa 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -429,12 +429,51 @@ test_expect_success 'set-head --auto' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'set-head --auto detects creation' '
+ (
+ cd test &&
+ git symbolic-ref -d refs/remotes/origin/HEAD &&
+ git remote set-head --auto origin >output &&
+ echo "'\''origin/HEAD'\'' is now created and points to '\''main'\''" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect output
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'set-head --auto detects no change' '
+ (
+ cd test &&
+ git remote set-head --auto origin >output &&
+ echo "'\''origin/HEAD'\'' is unchanged and points to '\''main'\''" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect output
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'set-head --auto detects change' '
+ (
+ cd test &&
+ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/ahead &&
+ git remote set-head --auto origin >output &&
+ echo "'\''origin/HEAD'\'' has changed from '\''ahead'\'' and now points to '\''main'\''" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect output
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'set-head --auto detects strange ref' '
+ (
+ cd test &&
+ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/heads/main &&
+ git remote set-head --auto origin >output &&
+ echo "'\''origin/HEAD'\'' used to point to '\''refs/heads/main'\'' (which is not a remote branch), but now points to '\''main'\''" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect output
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'set-head --auto has no problem w/multiple HEADs' '
(
cd test &&
git fetch two "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/two/*" &&
git remote set-head --auto two >output 2>&1 &&
- echo "two/HEAD set to main" >expect &&
+ echo "'\''two/HEAD'\'' is now created and points to '\''main'\''" >expect &&
test_cmp expect output
)
'
@@ -453,6 +492,16 @@ test_expect_success 'set-head explicit' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'set-head --auto reports change' '
+ (
+ cd test &&
+ git remote set-head origin side2 &&
+ git remote set-head --auto origin >output 2>&1 &&
+ echo "'\''origin/HEAD'\'' has changed from '\''side2'\'' and now points to '\''main'\''" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect output
+ )
+'
+
cat >test/expect <<EOF
Pruning origin
URL: $(pwd)/one
--
2.47.0.7.g072c39eddb.dirty
