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

[Ondra Medek <xmedeko@gmail.com>]

Hi Phillip,

even "[gone]" would not be much of help for me. I would need something
like "origin/master [gone]" i.e. what "git status -b --porcelain"
prints. (Note, I've written about "git status -b --porcelain=v2"
before because v2 is better documented and parseable.)

Regards
Ondra Medek

On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 16:02, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >