Hi, On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Kristian Høgsberg wrote: > On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 06:25 +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > --- > > > > Sorry, my previous patch was broken in so many ways. This one > > is better, promise. > > > > BTW this incidentally fixes the branch.<branch>.{remote,merge} > > setup: it used to strip all up-to and including a slash from the > > ref name. This just _happened_ to work, because commonly HEAD is > > at "refs/heads/master". However, if it is at "refs/heads/a/b", it > > would fail. > > > > builtin-clone.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > > 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c > > index 056e8a3..f27d205 100644 > > --- a/builtin-clone.c > > +++ b/builtin-clone.c > > @@ -523,33 +523,38 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > > git_config_set_multivar(key, value, "^$", 0); > > } > > > > + if (head_points_at) > > + /* Local default branch */ > > + create_symref("HEAD", head_points_at->name, NULL); > > + > > if (option_bare) { > > - if (head_points_at) { > > - /* Local default branch */ > > - create_symref("HEAD", head_points_at->name, NULL); > > - } > > junk_work_tree = NULL; > > junk_git_dir = NULL; > > return 0; > > } > > > > if (head_points_at) { > > - if (strrchr(head_points_at->name, '/')) > > - head = strrchr(head_points_at->name, '/') + 1; > > - else > > - head = head_points_at->name; > > + struct strbuf head_ref, real_ref; > > > > - /* Local default branch */ > > - create_symref("HEAD", head_points_at->name, NULL); > > + head = head_points_at->name; > > + if (!prefixcmp(head, "refs/heads/")) > > + head += 11; > > > > /* Tracking branch for the primary branch at the remote. */ > > update_ref(NULL, "HEAD", head_points_at->old_sha1, > > NULL, 0, DIE_ON_ERR); > > - /* > > - rm -f "refs/remotes/$origin/HEAD" > > - git symbolic-ref "refs/remotes/$origin/HEAD" \ > > - "refs/remotes/$origin/$head_points_at" && > > - */ > > + > > + strbuf_init(&head_ref, 0); > > + strbuf_addstr(&head_ref, branch_top); > > + strbuf_addstr(&head_ref, "/HEAD"); > > + delete_ref(head_ref.buf, head_points_at->old_sha1); > > + strbuf_init(&real_ref, 0); > > + strbuf_addstr(&real_ref, branch_top); > > + strbuf_addch(&real_ref, '/'); > > + strbuf_addstr(&real_ref, head); > > What about just using > > strbuf_addf(&real_ref, "%s/%s", branch_top, head); > > Are you worried about performance? :-p You know, just after sending, I thought the same. > Oh and I'm wondering if > > strbuf_initf(&real_ref, "%s/%s", branch_top, head); > > would be a worthwhile addition to the strbuf API... And exactly this was crossing my mind, too, as static inline int strbuf_initf(struct strbuf *buf, const char *format, ...) { strbuf_init(buf, strlen(format)); return strbuf_addf(format, ...); } (just a sketch, but you get the idea...) Ciao, Dscho