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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-01-23 13:55:30 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-01-24 14:37:23 -0800
commit75e5c0dc5529aed42122b3a774e6b17383e51b66 (patch)
tree78600fde190fede594ec314d81bbc817220a8bf6 /advice.c
parent0f4d498dbecbc1b6da66f926df3bc12446bd44dd (diff)
downloadgit-75e5c0dc5529aed42122b3a774e6b17383e51b66.tar.gz
push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE
When we push to update an existing ref, if: * the object at the tip of the remote is not a commit; or * the object we are pushing is not a commit, it won't be correct to suggest to fetch, integrate and push again, as the old and new objects will not "merge". We should explain that the push must be forced when there is a non-committish object is involved in such a case. If we do not have the current object at the tip of the remote, we do not even know that object, when fetched, is something that can be merged. In such a case, suggesting to pull first just like non-fast-forward case may not be technically correct, but in practice, most such failures are seen when you try to push your work to a branch without knowing that somebody else already pushed to update the same branch since you forked, so "pull first" would work as a suggestion most of the time. And if the object at the tip is not a commit, "pull first" will fail, without making any permanent damage. As a side effect, it also makes the error message the user will get during the next "push" attempt easier to understand, now the user is aware that a non-commit object is involved. In these cases, the current code already rejects such a push on the client end, but we used the same error and advice messages as the ones used when rejecting a non-fast-forward push, i.e. pull from there and integrate before pushing again. Introduce new rejection reasons and reword the messages appropriately. [jc: with help by Peff on message details] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'advice.c')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index d287927280..780f58da0f 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ int advice_push_non_ff_current = 1;
int advice_push_non_ff_default = 1;
int advice_push_non_ff_matching = 1;
int advice_push_already_exists = 1;
+int advice_push_fetch_first = 1;
+int advice_push_needs_force = 1;
int advice_status_hints = 1;
int advice_commit_before_merge = 1;
int advice_resolve_conflict = 1;
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ static struct {
{ "pushnonffdefault", &advice_push_non_ff_default },
{ "pushnonffmatching", &advice_push_non_ff_matching },
{ "pushalreadyexists", &advice_push_already_exists },
+ { "pushfetchfirst", &advice_push_fetch_first },
+ { "pushneedsforce", &advice_push_needs_force },
{ "statushints", &advice_status_hints },
{ "commitbeforemerge", &advice_commit_before_merge },
{ "resolveconflict", &advice_resolve_conflict },