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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 /transport-helper.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>
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 965b778cb3..cb3ef7d38e 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -666,6 +666,16 @@ static void push_update_ref_status(struct strbuf *buf,
free(msg);
msg = NULL;
}
+ else if (!strcmp(msg, "fetch first")) {
+ status = REF_STATUS_REJECT_FETCH_FIRST;
+ free(msg);
+ msg = NULL;
+ }
+ else if (!strcmp(msg, "needs force")) {
+ status = REF_STATUS_REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE;
+ free(msg);
+ msg = NULL;
+ }
}
if (*ref)