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author | Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> | 2021-12-21 06:30:23 +0300 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-12-21 09:40:21 +0300 |
commit | d3115660b4cc4b1a32e77ddfd289afde5e4b94d8 (patch) | |
tree | 5baeee60cbaafcb23d7ce8ac27941affdd47fdfb /t/t2027-checkout-track.sh | |
parent | a3f40ec4b0dc56a54e6a6866d0a44a04d4a6edf0 (diff) |
branch: add flags and config to inherit tracking
It can be helpful when creating a new branch to use the existing
tracking configuration from the branch point. However, there is
currently not a method to automatically do so.
Teach git-{branch,checkout,switch} an "inherit" argument to the
"--track" option. When this is set, creating a new branch will cause the
tracking configuration to default to the configuration of the branch
point, if set.
For example, if branch "main" tracks "origin/main", and we run
`git checkout --track=inherit -b feature main`, then branch "feature"
will track "origin/main". Thus, `git status` will show us how far
ahead/behind we are from origin, and `git pull` will pull from origin.
This is particularly useful when creating branches across many
submodules, such as with `git submodule foreach ...` (or if running with
a patch such as [1], which we use at $job), as it avoids having to
manually set tracking info for each submodule.
Since we've added an argument to "--track", also add "--track=direct" as
another way to explicitly get the original "--track" behavior ("--track"
without an argument still works as well).
Finally, teach branch.autoSetupMerge a new "inherit" option. When this
is set, "--track=inherit" becomes the default behavior.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20180927221603.148025-1-sbeller@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh b/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh index 4453741b96..dca35aa3e3 100755 --- a/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh +++ b/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh @@ -24,4 +24,27 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout --track -b rejects an extra path argument' ' test_i18ngrep "cannot be used with updating paths" err ' +test_expect_success 'checkout --track -b overrides autoSetupMerge=inherit' ' + # Set up tracking config on main + test_config branch.main.remote origin && + test_config branch.main.merge refs/heads/some-branch && + test_config branch.autoSetupMerge inherit && + # With --track=inherit, we copy the tracking config from main + git checkout --track=inherit -b b1 main && + test_cmp_config origin branch.b1.remote && + test_cmp_config refs/heads/some-branch branch.b1.merge && + # With branch.autoSetupMerge=inherit, we do the same + git checkout -b b2 main && + test_cmp_config origin branch.b2.remote && + test_cmp_config refs/heads/some-branch branch.b2.merge && + # But --track overrides this + git checkout --track -b b3 main && + test_cmp_config . branch.b3.remote && + test_cmp_config refs/heads/main branch.b3.merge && + # And --track=direct does as well + git checkout --track=direct -b b4 main && + test_cmp_config . branch.b4.remote && + test_cmp_config refs/heads/main branch.b4.merge +' + test_done |