git/branch.h
Josh Steadmon d3115660b4 branch: add flags and config to inherit tracking
It can be helpful when creating a new branch to use the existing
tracking configuration from the branch point. However, there is
currently not a method to automatically do so.

Teach git-{branch,checkout,switch} an "inherit" argument to the
"--track" option. When this is set, creating a new branch will cause the
tracking configuration to default to the configuration of the branch
point, if set.

For example, if branch "main" tracks "origin/main", and we run
`git checkout --track=inherit -b feature main`, then branch "feature"
will track "origin/main". Thus, `git status` will show us how far
ahead/behind we are from origin, and `git pull` will pull from origin.

This is particularly useful when creating branches across many
submodules, such as with `git submodule foreach ...` (or if running with
a patch such as [1], which we use at $job), as it avoids having to
manually set tracking info for each submodule.

Since we've added an argument to "--track", also add "--track=direct" as
another way to explicitly get the original "--track" behavior ("--track"
without an argument still works as well).

Finally, teach branch.autoSetupMerge a new "inherit" option. When this
is set, "--track=inherit" becomes the default behavior.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20180927221603.148025-1-sbeller@google.com/

Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-12-20 22:40:21 -08:00

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#ifndef BRANCH_H
#define BRANCH_H
struct repository;
struct strbuf;
enum branch_track {
BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
BRANCH_TRACK_NEVER = 0,
BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE,
BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS,
BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT,
BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE,
BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT,
};
extern enum branch_track git_branch_track;
/* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */
/*
* Creates a new branch, where:
*
* - r is the repository to add a branch to
*
* - name is the new branch name
*
* - start_name is the name of the existing branch that the new branch should
* start from
*
* - force enables overwriting an existing (non-head) branch
*
* - clobber_head_ok allows the currently checked out (hence existing)
* branch to be overwritten; without 'force', it has no effect.
*
* - reflog creates a reflog for the branch
*
* - quiet suppresses tracking information
*
* - track causes the new branch to be configured to merge the remote branch
* that start_name is a tracking branch for (if any).
*
*/
void create_branch(struct repository *r,
const char *name, const char *start_name,
int force, int clobber_head_ok,
int reflog, int quiet, enum branch_track track);
/*
* Check if 'name' can be a valid name for a branch; die otherwise.
* Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
* Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
*/
int validate_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref);
/*
* Check if a branch 'name' can be created as a new branch; die otherwise.
* 'force' can be used when it is OK for the named branch already exists.
* Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
* Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
*/
int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force);
/*
* Remove information about the merge state on the current
* branch. (E.g., MERGE_HEAD)
*/
void remove_merge_branch_state(struct repository *r);
/*
* Remove information about the state of working on the current
* branch. (E.g., MERGE_HEAD)
*/
void remove_branch_state(struct repository *r, int verbose);
/*
* Configure local branch "local" as downstream to branch "remote"
* from remote "origin". Used by git branch --set-upstream.
* Returns 0 on success.
*/
#define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
int install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote);
/*
* Read branch description
*/
int read_branch_desc(struct strbuf *, const char *branch_name);
/*
* Check if a branch is checked out in the main worktree or any linked
* worktree and die (with a message describing its checkout location) if
* it is.
*/
void die_if_checked_out(const char *branch, int ignore_current_worktree);
/*
* Update all per-worktree HEADs pointing at the old ref to point the new ref.
* This will be used when renaming a branch. Returns 0 if successful, non-zero
* otherwise.
*/
int replace_each_worktree_head_symref(const char *oldref, const char *newref,
const char *logmsg);
#endif