Re: Feature request: git status --branch-only

[Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>]

Hi Ondra

On 14/11/2023 12:40, Ondra Medek wrote:
> Hi Phillip,
> 
> it does not work for a fresh clone of an empty repository
> 
>      git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" refs/heads/master
> 
> outputs nothing, while

Oh dear, that's a shame. I wonder if it is a bug because the 
documentation says that

	--format="%(upstream:track)"

should print "[gone]" whenever an unknown upstream ref is encountered 
but trying that on a clone of an empty repository gives no output.

Best Wishes

Phillip


>      git status -b --no-ahead-behind --porcelain=v2
> 
> outputs
> 
> # branch.oid (initial)
> # branch.head master
> # branch.upstream origin/master
> 
> I.e. it outputs a proper upstream branch.
> 
> Best regards
> Ondra
> 
> Ondra Medek
> 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 13:28, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ondra
>>
>> On 14/11/2023 10:16, Ondra Medek wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I am working on a tol which should fetch changes from a remote
>>> repository on a user click. I want to limit fetch on the current
>>> remote tracking branch (something like "origin/master"), but
>>> surprisingly, it's hard to get it for all corner cases like a fresh
>>> clone of an empty repository or detached head, etc. E.g see this SO
>>> thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/171550/find-out-which-remote-branch-a-local-branch-is-tracking/52896538
>>
>> I think you can do this by calling
>>
>>          git symbolic-ref --quiet HEAD
>>
>> to get the full refname of the current branch. If HEAD is detached it
>> will print nothing and exit with exit code 1. Then you can call
>>
>>          git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" $refname
>>
>> to get the upstream branch
>>
>> Best Wishes
>>
>> Phillip
>