[PATCH] show-ref: make --head always show the HEAD ref
From: Doug Bell <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:58:08
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2016-06-15 · [PATCH] show-ref: make --head always show the HEAD ref · Doug Bell <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] show-ref: make --head always show the HEAD ref · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · [PATCH] show-ref: make --head always show the HEAD ref · Doug Bell <hidden>
The docs seem to say that doing git show-ref --head --tags would show both the HEAD ref and all the tag refs. However, doing both --head and either of --tags or --heads would filter out the HEAD ref. Also update the documentation to describe the new behavior. Signed-off-by: Doug Bell <redacted> --- Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 10 ++++++---- builtin/show-ref.c | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index de4d352..b0a309b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ commit IDs. Results can be filtered using a pattern and tags can be dereferenced into object IDs. Additionally, it can be used to test whether a particular ref exists. +By default, shows the tags, heads, and remote refs. + The --exclude-existing form is a filter that does the inverse, it shows the refs from stdin that don't exist in the local repository.
@@ -32,14 +34,14 @@ OPTIONS --head:: - Show the HEAD reference. + Show the HEAD reference, even if it would normally be filtered out. --tags:: --heads:: - Limit to only "refs/heads" and "refs/tags", respectively. These - options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored - in "refs/heads" and "refs/tags" are displayed. + Limit to "refs/heads" and "refs/tags", respectively. These options + are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored in + "refs/heads" and "refs/tags" are displayed. -d:: --dereference::
diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 4a0310d..4b069e7 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ static int show_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, vo const char *hex; unsigned char peeled[20]; + if (show_head && !strncmp(refname, "HEAD\0", 5)) + goto match; + if (tags_only || heads_only) { int match;
@@ -167,9 +170,10 @@ static const struct option show_ref_options[] = { OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "verify", &verify, N_("stricter reference checking, " "requires exact ref path")), { OPTION_BOOLEAN, 'h', NULL, &show_head, NULL, - N_("show the HEAD reference"), + N_("show the HEAD reference, even if it would be filtered out"), PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN }, - OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "head", &show_head, N_("show the HEAD reference")), + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "head", &show_head, + N_("show the HEAD reference, even if it would be filtered out")), OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "dereference", &deref_tags, N_("dereference tags into object IDs")), { OPTION_CALLBACK, 's', "hash", &abbrev, N_("n"),
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