diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 52c0538..e3eb1e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
will be tab-separated and sent to stdout instead of stderr. The full
symbolic names of the refs will be given.
+--delete::
+ All listed refs are deleted from the remote repository. This is
+ the same as prefixing all refs with a colon.
+
--tags::
All refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are pushed, in
addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command
diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index dcfb53f..f7661d2 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static const char * const push_usage[] = {
};
static int thin;
+static int deleterefs;
static const char *receivepack;
static const char **refspec;@@ -39,11 +40,24 @@ static void set_refspecs(const char **refs, int nr)
if (nr <= ++i)
die("tag shorthand without <tag>");
len = strlen(refs[i]) + 11;
- tag = xmalloc(len);
- strcpy(tag, "refs/tags/");
+ if (deleterefs) {
+ tag = xmalloc(len+1);
+ strcpy(tag, ":refs/tags/");
+ } else {
+ tag = xmalloc(len);
+ strcpy(tag, "refs/tags/");
+ }
strcat(tag, refs[i]);
ref = tag;
- }
+ } else if (deleterefs && !strchr(ref, ':')) {
+ char *delref;
+ int len = strlen(ref)+1;
+ delref = xmalloc(len);
+ strcpy(delref, ":");
+ strcat(delref, ref);
+ ref = delref;
+ } else if (deleterefs)
+ die("--delete only accepts plain target ref names");
add_refspec(ref);
}
}@@ -196,6 +210,7 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BIT( 0 , "all", &flags, "push all refs", TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL),
OPT_BIT( 0 , "mirror", &flags, "mirror all refs",
(TRANSPORT_PUSH_MIRROR|TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE)),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN( 0, "delete", &deleterefs, "delete refs"),
OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "tags", &tags, "push tags (can't be used with --all or --mirror)"),
OPT_BIT('n' , "dry-run", &flags, "dry run", TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN),
OPT_BIT( 0, "porcelain", &flags, "machine-readable output", TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN),@@ -209,6 +224,11 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, push_usage, 0);
+ if (deleterefs && (tags || (flags & (TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL | TRANSPORT_PUSH_MIRROR))))
+ die("--delete is incompatible with --all, --mirror and --tags");
+ if (deleterefs && argc < 2)
+ die("--delete doesn't make sense without any refs");
+
if (tags)
add_refspec("refs/tags/*");
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 516127b..a17666c 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -547,6 +547,22 @@ test_expect_success 'allow deleting an invalid remote ref' '
'
+test_expect_success 'allow deleting a ref using --delete' '
+ mk_test heads/master &&
+ (cd testrepo && git config receive.denyDeleteCurrent warn) &&
+ git push testrepo --delete master &&
+ (cd testrepo && test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify refs/heads/master)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'allow deleting a tag using --delete' '
+ mk_test heads/master &&
+ git tag -a -m dummy_message deltag heads/master &&
+ git push testrepo --tags &&
+ (cd testrepo && git rev-parse --verify -q refs/tags/deltag) &&
+ git push testrepo --delete tag deltag &&
+ (cd testrepo && test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify refs/tags/deltag)
+'
+
test_expect_success 'warn on push to HEAD of non-bare repository' '
mk_test heads/master
(cd testrepo &&
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