`git remote set-url <remote> <newurl> [<oldurl>]` fails to set first url when multiple urls are selected

From: Han Jiang <hidden>
Date: 2024-09-03 22:48:27

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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

cd '/'; cd '/'; rm --force --recursive -- './test_git'; mkdir "$_"; cd "$_";
mkdir --parents -- './server1' './server2' './server3' './server4'
'./server5' './server6' './client';
git -C './client' init './repo'
git -C './client/repo' remote --verbose
git -C './client/repo' config list --local --show-scope --show-origin
git -C './client/repo' remote add server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server1/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' config set --local --append 'remote.server.url'
'file://'"$(realpath './server2/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' config set --local --append
'remote.server.pushurl' 'file://'"$(realpath './server3/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' config set --local --append
'remote.server.pushurl' 'file://'"$(realpath './server4/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' config set --local --append
'url.scheme1://authority1/path1/.insteadOf' 'file://'"$(realpath
'./')"'/'
git -C './client/repo' config set --local --append
'url.scheme2://authority2/path2/.pushInsteadOf' 'file://'"$(realpath
'./')"'/'
git -C './client/repo' remote --verbose
git -C './client/repo' config list --local --show-scope --show-origin
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url server
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url --all server
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url --push server
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url --push --all server

git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')" 'server'
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')" 'server2'
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')" 'server'
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')" 'server4'
git -C './client/repo' remote --verbose
git -C './client/repo' config list --local --show-scope --show-origin
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url server
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url --all server
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url --push server
git -C './client/repo' remote get-url --push --all server

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-remote says:
if <oldurl> is given, sets first URL for remote <name> that matches
regex <oldurl> to <newurl>.
if no <oldurl> is given, sets first URL to <newurl>.
so these commands should not fail:
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')" 'server'
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')" 'server'

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

these commands fail:
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server 'file://'"$(realpath
'./server5/repo.git')" 'server'
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')"
git -C './client/repo' remote set-url server --push
'file://'"$(realpath './server6/repo.git')" 'server'

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?

Anything else you want to add:

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[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.46.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 2e6a859ffc0471f60f79c1256f766042b0d5d17d
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
libcurl: 8.9.0
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.2.2 4 Jun 2024
zlib: 1.3.1
uname: Windows 10.0 22631
compiler info: gnuc: 14.1
libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe


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