[PATCH] Teach "git remote" a mirror mode
From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:32
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Teach "git remote" a mirror mode · Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Teach "git remote" a mirror mode · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
When using the "--mirror" option to "git remote add", the refs will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in the same location as on the remote side. This option probably only makes sense in a bare repository. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <redacted> --- On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes: > > > When using the "--mirror" option to "git remote add", the refs > > will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in > > refs/heads/. > > I suspect people'd prefer "+refs/*:refs/*" for a repo truly > mirroring another. Yes, you're right. Documentation/git-remote.txt | 6 +++++- git-remote.perl | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 12 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, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at. ++ +In mirror mode, enabled with `--mirror`, the refs will not be stored +in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option +only makes sense in bare repositories. 'show'::
diff --git a/git-remote.perl b/git-remote.perl
index 01cf480..f6f283e 100755
--- a/git-remote.perl
+++ b/git-remote.perl@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ sub add_remote { for (@$track) { $git->command('config', '--add', "remote.$name.fetch", - "+refs/heads/$_:refs/remotes/$name/$_"); + $opts->{'mirror'} ? + "+refs/$_:refs/$_" : + "+refs/heads/$_:refs/remotes/$name/$_"); } if ($opts->{'fetch'}) { $git->command('fetch', $name);
@@ -409,6 +411,10 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'add') { shift @ARGV; next; } + if ($opt eq '--mirror') { + $opts{'mirror'} = 1; + next; + } add_usage(); } if (@ARGV != 3) {
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