From: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] remote: qualify "git pull" advice for non-upstream branches
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 09:50:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2301.v2.git.git.1778665812261.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2301.git.git.1778623888178.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
When "git status" reports the local branch is behind the push
branch, the advice suggested a bare "git pull". That follows the
upstream, which may live on a different remote, so emit
"git pull <remote> <branch>" instead.
Also enable the pull advice for push-branch comparisons; it was
previously only set for the upstream.
Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
---
remote: qualify "git pull" advice for non-upstream branches
Remove the message only when diverged from push-branch, because it was
in the way when I used it now on my real branch.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2301%2FHaraldNordgren%2Fstatus-pull-advice-qualified-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2301/HaraldNordgren/status-pull-advice-qualified-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2301
Range-diff vs v1:
1: 0a06883cc8 ! 1: 1f06873f82 remote: qualify "git pull" advice for non-upstream branches
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
remote: qualify "git pull" advice for non-upstream branches
- When "git status" reports the local branch is behind or has diverged
- from the push branch, the advice suggested a bare "git pull". That
- follows the upstream, which may live on a different remote, so emit
+ When "git status" reports the local branch is behind the push
+ branch, the advice suggested a bare "git pull". That follows the
+ upstream, which may live on a different remote, so emit
"git pull <remote> <branch>" instead.
- Also enable the pull and divergence advice for push-branch
- comparisons; they were previously only set for the upstream.
+ Also enable the pull advice for push-branch comparisons; it was
+ previously only set for the upstream.
Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
@@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
strbuf_addstr(sb, "\n");
- if (is_upstream)
-+ if (is_upstream || is_push) {
++ if (is_upstream || is_push)
flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL;
- if (is_push)
-+ if (show_divergence_advice)
-+ flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE;
-+ }
+- flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH;
+ if (show_divergence_advice && is_upstream)
+ flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE;
+ if (is_push) {
- flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH;
-- if (show_divergence_advice && is_upstream)
-- flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE;
++ flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH;
+ push_remote_name = pushremote_for_branch(branch, NULL);
+ if (push_remote_name &&
+ skip_prefix(full_ref, "refs/remotes/", &push_branch_name) &&
@@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
## t/t6040-tracking-info.sh ##
-@@ t/t6040-tracking-info.sh: test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with diverged push branch' '
-
- Your branch and ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ} have diverged,
- and have 1 and 1 different commits each, respectively.
-+ (use "git pull origin feature8" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)
-
- nothing to commit, working tree clean
- EOF
@@ t/t6040-tracking-info.sh: test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push and upstream remo
test_cmp expect actual
'
remote.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
t/t6040-tracking-info.sh | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index a664cd166a..e096fdb674 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2267,6 +2267,8 @@ static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb,
bool up_to_date,
int ours, int theirs,
const char *branch_name,
+ const char *push_remote_name,
+ const char *push_branch_name,
enum ahead_behind_flags abf,
unsigned flags)
{
@@ -2302,9 +2304,15 @@ static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb,
"and can be fast-forwarded.\n",
theirs),
branch_name, theirs);
- if (use_pull_advice && advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
- strbuf_addstr(sb,
- _(" (use \"git pull\" to update your local branch)\n"));
+ if (use_pull_advice && advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS)) {
+ if (push_remote_name && push_branch_name)
+ strbuf_addf(sb,
+ _(" (use \"git pull %s %s\" to update your local branch)\n"),
+ push_remote_name, push_branch_name);
+ else
+ strbuf_addstr(sb,
+ _(" (use \"git pull\" to update your local branch)\n"));
+ }
} else {
strbuf_addf(sb,
Q_("Your branch and '%s' have diverged,\n"
@@ -2315,9 +2323,15 @@ static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb,
"respectively.\n",
ours + theirs),
branch_name, ours, theirs);
- if (use_divergence_advice && advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
- strbuf_addstr(sb,
- _(" (use \"git pull\" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)\n"));
+ if (use_divergence_advice && advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS)) {
+ if (push_remote_name && push_branch_name)
+ strbuf_addf(sb,
+ _(" (use \"git pull %s %s\" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)\n"),
+ push_remote_name, push_branch_name);
+ else
+ strbuf_addstr(sb,
+ _(" (use \"git pull\" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)\n"));
+ }
}
}
@@ -2355,6 +2369,8 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
int ours, theirs, cmp;
int is_upstream, is_push;
unsigned flags = 0;
+ const char *push_remote_name = NULL;
+ const char *push_branch_name = NULL;
full_ref = resolve_compare_branch(branch,
branches.items[i].string);
@@ -2396,13 +2412,23 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
if (reported)
strbuf_addstr(sb, "\n");
- if (is_upstream)
+ if (is_upstream || is_push)
flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL;
- if (is_push)
- flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH;
if (show_divergence_advice && is_upstream)
flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE;
+ if (is_push) {
+ flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH;
+ push_remote_name = pushremote_for_branch(branch, NULL);
+ if (push_remote_name &&
+ skip_prefix(full_ref, "refs/remotes/", &push_branch_name) &&
+ skip_prefix(push_branch_name, push_remote_name, &push_branch_name) &&
+ *push_branch_name == '/')
+ push_branch_name++;
+ else
+ push_remote_name = NULL;
+ }
format_branch_comparison(sb, !cmp, ours, theirs, short_ref,
+ push_remote_name, push_branch_name,
abf, flags);
reported = 1;
diff --git a/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh b/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh
index 0242b5bf7a..b686bf356a 100755
--- a/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh
+++ b/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh
@@ -646,4 +646,44 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push and upstream remo
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with behind push branch suggests qualified pull' '
+ test_config -C test push.default current &&
+ test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
+ test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
+ git -C test checkout -b feature13 upstream/main &&
+ (cd test && advance work13) &&
+ git -C test push origin &&
+ git -C test reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+ git -C test status >actual &&
+ cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+ On branch feature13
+ Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
+
+ Your branch is behind ${SQ}origin/feature13${SQ} by 1 commit, and can be fast-forwarded.
+ (use "git pull origin feature13" to update your local branch)
+
+ nothing to commit, working tree clean
+ EOF
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push and behind push branch' '
+ test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
+ test_config -C test remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature14:refs/heads/remapped14 &&
+ test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{push}" &&
+ git -C test checkout -b feature14 upstream/main &&
+ (cd test && advance work14) &&
+ git -C test push &&
+ git -C test reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+ git -C test status >actual &&
+ cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+ On branch feature14
+ Your branch is behind ${SQ}origin/remapped14${SQ} by 1 commit, and can be fast-forwarded.
+ (use "git pull origin remapped14" to update your local branch)
+
+ nothing to commit, working tree clean
+ EOF
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done
base-commit: 59ff4886a579f4bc91e976fe18590b9ae02c7a08
--
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