[PATCH v24 0/2] status: show comparison with push remote tracking branch
From: Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-13 09:55:23
cc: Chris Torek chris.torek@gmail.com cc: Yee Cheng Chin ychin.macvim@gmail.com cc: "brian m. carlson" sandals@crustytoothpaste.net cc: Ben Knoble ben.knoble@gmail.com cc: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com cc: Phillip Wood phillip.wood123@gmail.com cc: Nico Williams nico@cryptonector.com cc: Patrick Steinhardt ps@pks.im Harald Nordgren (2): refactor format_branch_comparison in preparation status: show comparison with push remote tracking branch remote.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++------ t/t6040-tracking-info.sh | 262 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 402 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) base-commit: 8745eae506f700657882b9e32b2aa00f234a6fb6 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2138%2FHaraldNordgren%2Fahead_of_main_status-v24 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2138/HaraldNordgren/ahead_of_main_status-v24 Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2138 Range-diff vs v23: 1: fd05c7b778 = 1: fd05c7b778 refactor format_branch_comparison in preparation 2: f1ad7a1b6f ! 2: 138b79a0b9 status: show comparison with push remote tracking branch @@ remote.c enum map_direction { FROM_SRC, FROM_DST }; +enum { -+ BRANCH_MODE_PULL = (1 << 0), -+ BRANCH_MODE_PUSH = (1 << 1), ++ ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL = (1 << 0), ++ ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH = (1 << 1), ++ ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE = (1 << 2), +}; + struct counted_string { @@ remote.c: int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_ return stat_branch_pair(branch->refname, base, num_ours, num_theirs, abf); } -+static char *get_remote_push_branch(struct branch *branch, char **full_ref_out) ++static char *get_remote_push_branch(struct branch *branch) +{ + struct remote *remote; + const char *push_remote; @@ remote.c: int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_ + return NULL; + } + -+ if (full_ref_out) -+ *full_ref_out = xstrdup(resolved); -+ -+ ret = refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref( -+ get_main_ref_store(the_repository), resolved, 0); ++ ret = xstrdup(resolved); + free(tracking_ref); + return ret; +} @@ remote.c: int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_ int ours, int theirs, const char *branch_name, enum ahead_behind_flags abf, -+ unsigned flags, - bool show_divergence_advice) +- bool show_divergence_advice) ++ unsigned flags) { -+ bool want_push_advice = (flags & BRANCH_MODE_PUSH) && ++ bool enable_push_advice = (flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH) && + advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS); -+ bool want_pull_advice = (flags & BRANCH_MODE_PULL) && ++ bool enable_pull_advice = (flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL) && + advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS); -+ bool want_divergence_advice = show_divergence_advice && ++ bool enable_divergence_advice = (flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE) && + advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS); + if (up_to_date) { @@ remote.c: static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb, _("Your branch and '%s' refer to different commits.\n"), branch_name); - if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS)) -+ if (want_push_advice) ++ if (enable_push_advice) strbuf_addf(sb, _(" (use \"%s\" for details)\n"), "git status --ahead-behind"); } else if (!theirs) { @@ remote.c: static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb, ours), branch_name, ours); - if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS)) -+ if (want_push_advice) ++ if (enable_push_advice) strbuf_addstr(sb, _(" (use \"git push\" to publish your local commits)\n")); } else if (!ours) { @@ remote.c: static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb, theirs), branch_name, theirs); - if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS)) -+ if (want_pull_advice) ++ if (enable_pull_advice) strbuf_addstr(sb, _(" (use \"git pull\" to update your local branch)\n")); } else { @@ remote.c: static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb, branch_name, ours, theirs); - if (show_divergence_advice && - advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS)) -+ if (want_divergence_advice) ++ if (enable_divergence_advice) strbuf_addstr(sb, _(" (use \"git pull\" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)\n")); } @@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb, const char *full_base; char *base; int upstream_is_gone = 0; -+ unsigned base_branch_modes = BRANCH_MODE_PULL | BRANCH_MODE_PUSH; ++ unsigned base_branch_flags = ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL | ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH; + int push_ours, push_theirs, push_cmp_fetch; -+ char *full_push = NULL; ++ char *full_push; + char *push = NULL; -+ unsigned push_branch_modes = 0; ++ unsigned push_branch_flags = 0; cmp_fetch = stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &full_base, 0, abf); if (cmp_fetch < 0) { @@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb, base = refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), full_base, 0); -+ push = get_remote_push_branch(branch, &full_push); -+ if (push && strcmp(base, push)) { -+ push_cmp_fetch = stat_branch_pair(branch->refname, full_push, -+ &push_ours, &push_theirs, abf); -+ if (push_cmp_fetch >= 0) { -+ base_branch_modes = BRANCH_MODE_PULL; -+ push_branch_modes = BRANCH_MODE_PUSH; ++ full_push = get_remote_push_branch(branch); ++ if (full_push) { ++ push = refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), ++ full_push, 0); ++ if (push && base && strcmp(base, push)) { ++ push_cmp_fetch = stat_branch_pair(branch->refname, full_push, ++ &push_ours, &push_theirs, abf); ++ if (push_cmp_fetch >= 0) { ++ base_branch_flags = ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL; ++ push_branch_flags = ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH; ++ } + } + } + @@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb, _(" (use \"git branch --unset-upstream\" to fixup)\n")); } else { - format_branch_comparison(sb, !cmp_fetch, ours, theirs, base, abf, show_divergence_advice); ++ if (show_divergence_advice) ++ base_branch_flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE; + format_branch_comparison(sb, !cmp_fetch, ours, theirs, base, abf, -+ base_branch_modes, show_divergence_advice); ++ base_branch_flags); + } + -+ if (push_branch_modes & BRANCH_MODE_PUSH) { ++ if (push_branch_flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH) { + strbuf_addstr(sb, "\n"); + format_branch_comparison(sb, !push_cmp_fetch, push_ours, push_theirs, push, abf, -+ push_branch_modes, 0); ++ push_branch_flags); } free(base); -- gitgitgadget