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From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
	Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>,
	Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/8] fetch: fix missing from-reference when fetching HEAD:foo
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 14:34:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZFuPcfeqCbJo4XcS@ncase> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqednpxq27.fsf@gitster.g>

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On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 12:28:16PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > But it is not intended when displaying the updated references and would
> > cause us to miss the left-hand side of the displayed reference update:
> >
> > ```
> > $ git fetch origin HEAD:foo
> > From https://github.com/git/git
> >  * [new ref]                          -> foo
> > ```
> > The HEAD string is clearly missing from the left-hand side of the arrow,
> > which is further stressed by the point that the following commands show
> > the left-hand side as expected:
> >
> > ```
> > $ git fetch origin HEAD
> > From https://github.com/git/git
> >  * branch                  HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD
> 
> I do not mind being explicit and showing HEAD in this case for the
> sake of consistency.
> 
> But speaking for the past developers, it was deliberate to omit what
> is common from the output to make it more terse, IIRC, and I think
> it is unfair to call it a "BUG".
> 
> Back when we wrote git-fetch-script, the output was a lot more
> verbose, and through efforts like 165f3902 (git-fetch: more terse
> fetch output, 2007-11-03) and numerous others over time, we got to
> the current output.

That's fair. It's still not quite clear whether this behaviour is in
fact intentional though. Quoting 165f3902 (git-fetch: more terse
fetch output, 2007-11-03), the weird corner case is not documented:

    This makes the fetch output much more terse and prettier on a 80 column
    display, based on a consensus reached on the mailing list.  Here's an
    example output:

    Receiving objects: 100% (5439/5439), 1.60 MiB | 636 KiB/s, done.
    Resolving deltas: 100% (4604/4604), done.
    From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
     ! [rejected]        html -> origin/html  (non fast forward)
       136e631..f45e867  maint -> origin/maint  (fast forward)
       9850e2e..44dd7e0  man -> origin/man  (fast forward)
       3e4bb08..e3d6d56  master -> origin/master  (fast forward)
       fa3665c..536f64a  next -> origin/next  (fast forward)
     + 4f6d9d6...768326f pu -> origin/pu  (forced update)
     * [new branch]      todo -> origin/todo

I've reformulated the commit message to talk about an inconsistency
instead of a bug.

Patrick

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-10 12:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-19 12:31 [PATCH 0/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable output Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 1/8] fetch: split out tests for output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 2/8] fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 3/8] fetch: fix missing from-reference when fetching HEAD:foo Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-26 19:20   ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-27 10:58     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-26 19:21   ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-27 10:58     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-26 19:25   ` Glen Choo
2023-04-27 10:58     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 4/8] fetch: introduce `display_format` enum Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 5/8] fetch: move display format parsing into main function Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 6/8] fetch: move option related variables " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 7/8] fetch: introduce new `--output-format` option Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-26 19:40   ` Glen Choo
2023-04-27 10:58     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-19 12:31 ` [PATCH 8/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-26 19:52   ` Glen Choo
2023-04-27 10:58     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 23:20       ` Glen Choo
2023-04-28  8:51         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-28 17:20           ` Glen Choo
2023-05-02 20:55       ` Felipe Contreras
2023-04-24 20:17 ` [PATCH 0/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable output Felipe Contreras
2023-04-25  9:58   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-26 19:14     ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-26 20:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-26 20:30         ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-27 10:58         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 19:46           ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-27 22:49         ` Glen Choo
2023-04-26 20:24       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-26 18:54 ` Glen Choo
2023-04-26 21:14   ` Glen Choo
2023-04-26 19:17 ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-27 11:13 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] fetch: split out tests for output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-29 17:34     ` SZEDER Gábor
2023-05-03 11:21       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] fetch: fix missing from-reference when fetching HEAD:foo Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 17:26     ` Glen Choo
2023-04-27 19:49     ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] fetch: introduce `display_format` enum Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] fetch: move display format parsing into main function Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] fetch: move option related variables " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 21:52     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] fetch: introduce new `--output-format` option Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 22:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-28 22:03       ` Glen Choo
2023-05-03  9:12         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-28 22:31     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-03  9:43       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:36         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 11:13   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-04-27 19:52     ` Jacob Keller
2023-04-28 22:42     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable output Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 1/8] fetch: fix `--no-recurse-submodules` with multi-remote fetches Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-08 22:51     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-09 12:41       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 2/8] fetch: split out tests for output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 3/8] fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 4/8] fetch: fix missing from-reference when fetching HEAD:foo Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 5/8] fetch: introduce `display_format` enum Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 6/8] fetch: move display format parsing into main function Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 7/8] fetch: move option related variables " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-03 11:34   ` [PATCH v3 8/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-08 23:42     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-09 12:41       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09  0:03     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-03 16:48   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable output Junio C Hamano
2023-05-03 16:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-04  7:57       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09  0:06   ` Glen Choo
2023-05-09 12:42     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:01 ` [PATCH v4 " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 1/8] fetch: fix `--no-recurse-submodules` with multi-remote fetches Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 17:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-09 18:27       ` Glen Choo
2023-05-10 12:34         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 2/8] fetch: split out tests for output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 3/8] fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 17:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10 12:34       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 4/8] fetch: fix missing from-reference when fetching HEAD:foo Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 19:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10 12:34       ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 5/8] fetch: introduce `display_format` enum Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 20:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10 12:35       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 6/8] fetch: move display format parsing into main function Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 20:35     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-09 22:30     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-10 12:35       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 7/8] fetch: move option related variables " Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 13:02   ` [PATCH v4 8/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-09 20:43     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10 12:35       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:33 ` [PATCH v5 0/9] fetch: introduce machine-parseable output Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 1/9] fetch: fix `--no-recurse-submodules` with multi-remote fetches Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 2/9] fetch: split out tests for output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 3/9] fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 4/9] fetch: print left-hand side when fetching HEAD:foo Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-12  0:16     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-13 16:59     ` Jeff King
2023-05-15  5:15       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 5/9] fetch: refactor calculation of the display table width Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-12  0:49     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 6/9] fetch: introduce `display_format` enum Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 7/9] fetch: lift up parsing of "fetch.output" config variable Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 8/9] fetch: move option related variables into main function Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-10 12:34   ` [PATCH v5 9/9] fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-12  1:02     ` Glen Choo
2023-05-10 18:05   ` [PATCH v5 0/9] fetch: introduce machine-parseable output Junio C Hamano
2023-05-11 11:05     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-05-11 16:53       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-11 17:24       ` Felipe Contreras
2023-05-12  1:09   ` Glen Choo
2023-05-12  7:16     ` Patrick Steinhardt

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