Re: [PATCH v2] ls-remote: print URL when no repo is specified

On May 16, 2010, at 06:36, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 04:14, Geert Bosch [off-list ref] wrote:

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What git seems to be missing is a "git info" command, which
would print out essentially something like what "svn info" does:
name of remote repo that we're tracking, name of current branch,
date/author/subject of last commit.

You can get information about the remote with:

$ git remote -v

geert-boschs-computer:/tmp%ssh kwai git init --bare /work/bosch/temp.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /export/work/bosch/temp.git/
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp%git init temp
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/temp/.git/
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp%cd temp
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%echo hello>world
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git add world
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git commit -m "Add hello" world
[master (root-commit) 10837b9] Add hello
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 world
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git push --all kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git
Counting objects: 3, done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 211 bytes, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git push -u --all kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git.
Everything up-to-date
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git remote -v
geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git push
Everything up-to-date

So, there is a remote that gets used automatically by git push and git pull,
but it's not obvious which one. Basically, a "git info" command should give
a dozen lines or so that allows one quickly to identify a repository, including
current branch, any remote it tracks, last commit, wether the working directory
is clean, wether anything is staged for commit, wether the repository tracks
a non-git (svn, bzr, hg) repository.

And then for the branch etc you can do (although it doesn't list the author):

$ git branch -v

While both commands are very useful, I think a case can be made for a single
command that pulls together enough information in a few lines that it is clear.

I'll see if I can cobble something up.