[PATCH] git-fetch should not strip off ".git" extension

When source git repository has extension ".git" like in "MyRepo.git"
"git fetch" will drop ".git" extension and refer to it as "MyRepo".

Example:

sh$ git fetch -v ../MyRepo.git master
From ../MyRepo
 * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD

sh$ cat .git/FETCH_HEAD
6eb10bd105f2ef7f64c595100c0a850c5b3cfeb9           branch 'master' of ../MyRepo

Please, note that "git fetch" writes "../MyRepo" instead of "../MyRepo.git"

My workflow makes it convenient to have two distinct repositories
(1) "MyRepo"      => where I work daily (WIP)
(2) "MyRepo.git" => --bare repository accessible to others. "MyRepo"
pushes ready changes to "MyRepo.git"
Dropping ".git" extension causes confusion between these two quite
similarly named repositories.

This problem can be easily solved by the patch below that removes the
code that strips off ".git" extension.

--Leo--

----8<-------------------

 builtin-fetch--tool.c |    2 --
 builtin-fetch.c       |    2 --
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index 7460ab7..5d0b95f 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch--tool.c

@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp,
 	for (i = remote_len - 1; remote[i] == '/' && 0 <= i; i--)
 		;
 	remote_len = i + 1;
-	if (4 < i && !strncmp(".git", remote + i - 3, 4))
-		remote_len = i - 3;

 	note_len = 0;
 	if (*what) {

diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c
index ee93d3a..28123a5 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch.c

@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *url,

const char *remote_name,
 		for (i = url_len - 1; url[i] == '/' && 0 <= i; i--)
 			;
 		url_len = i + 1;
-		if (4 < i && !strncmp(".git", url + i - 3, 4))
-			url_len = i - 3;

 		note_len = 0;
 		if (*what) {

Leo Razoumov wrote:

Will this still play nicely with

   git clone foo.git

?

Otherwise, please also fix the fallout from this patch.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson@op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Tel: +46 8-230225                  Fax: +46 8-230231

On 10/20/08, Andreas Ericsson [off-list ref] wrote:

[..snip..]]
 Will this still play nicely with

  git clone foo.git

 ?

 Otherwise, please also fix the fallout from this patch.

 --

Andreas,
thanks for the comment. I have been testing this patch for over two
weeks already and so far encountered no problems. I routinely perform
"git clone foo.git" and it works correctly creating new repo "foo" and
properly populating it.

--Leo--