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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt10
-rw-r--r--builtin-symbolic-ref.c34
-rwxr-xr-xgit-parse-remote.sh4
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index 4bc35a1d4..1e818bb02 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref - read and modify symbolic refs
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-symbolic-ref' <name> [<ref>]
+'git-symbolic-ref' [-q] <name> [<ref>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that
begins with `ref: refs/`. For example, your `.git/HEAD` is
a regular file whose contents is `ref: refs/heads/master`.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-q::
+ Do not issue an error message if the <name> is not a
+ symbolic ref but a detached HEAD; instead exit with
+ non-zero status silently.
+
NOTES
-----
In the past, `.git/HEAD` was a symbolic link pointing at
diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index d8be0527f..227c9d4a6 100644
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
#include "refs.h"
static const char git_symbolic_ref_usage[] =
-"git-symbolic-ref name [ref]";
+"git-symbolic-ref [-q] name [ref]";
-static void check_symref(const char *HEAD)
+static void check_symref(const char *HEAD, int quiet)
{
unsigned char sha1[20];
int flag;
@@ -13,17 +13,41 @@ static void check_symref(const char *HEAD)
if (!refs_heads_master)
die("No such ref: %s", HEAD);
- else if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
- die("ref %s is not a symbolic ref", HEAD);
+ else if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF)) {
+ if (!quiet)
+ die("ref %s is not a symbolic ref", HEAD);
+ else
+ exit(1);
+ }
puts(refs_heads_master);
}
int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
+ int quiet = 0;
+
git_config(git_default_config);
+
+ while (1 < argc) {
+ const char *arg = argv[1];
+ if (arg[0] != '-')
+ break;
+ else if (!strcmp("-q", arg))
+ quiet = 1;
+ else if (!strcmp("--", arg)) {
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+ break;
+ }
+ else
+ die("unknown option %s", arg);
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+ }
+
switch (argc) {
case 2:
- check_symref(argv[1]);
+ check_symref(argv[1], quiet);
break;
case 3:
create_symref(argv[1], argv[2]);
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index d2e4c2b9a..4fc602082 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ get_remote_url () {
}
get_default_remote () {
- curr_branch=$(git-symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
+ curr_branch=$(git-symbolic-ref -q HEAD | sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
origin=$(git-repo-config --get "branch.$curr_branch.remote")
echo ${origin:-origin}
}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
shift
if test "$remote" = "$(get_default_remote)"
then
- curr_branch=$(git-symbolic-ref HEAD | \
+ curr_branch=$(git-symbolic-ref -q HEAD | \
sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
merge_branches=$(git-repo-config \
--get-all "branch.${curr_branch}.merge")