Re: [PATCH v2/GSoC/RFC] fetch: git fetch --deepen

[Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dongcan Jiang <dongcan.jiang@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patch is just for discusstion. An option --deepen is added to
> 'git fetch'. When it comes to '--deepen', git should fetch N more
> commits ahead the local shallow commit, where N is indicated by
> '--depth=N'. [1]
> Signed-off-by: Dongcan Jiang <dongcan.jiang@gmail.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
> index d78f320..3b960c8 100755
> --- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
> +++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
> @@ -708,4 +708,16 @@ test_expect_success 'fetching a one-level ref works' '
>         )
>  '
>
> +test_expect_success 'fetching deepen' '
> +       git clone . deepen --depth=1 && (

Quoting Junio[1]: "...make sure tests serve as good examples, tests
should stick to 'options first and then arguments'..."

> +               cd deepen &&
> +               git fetch .. foo --depth=1

See [1].

> +               git show foo
> +               test_must_fail git show foo~
> +               git fetch .. foo --depth=1 --deepen

See [1].

> +               git show foo~
> +               test_must_fail git show foo~2

Mentioned previously[2]: Broken &&-chain throughout this test.

> +       )
> +'
> +
>  test_done

[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/265248
[2]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/265419