On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Max Horn <m...@quendi.de> wrote:
> Actually, I just noticed one thing that I *do* have a question about:
>
> On 31.10.2013, at 10:36, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contre...@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> builtin/fast-export.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>> t/t9350-fast-export.sh | 11 +++++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
>> index b6f623e..8ed41b4 100644
>> --- a/builtin/fast-export.c
>> +++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
>> @@ -673,6 +673,19 @@ static void import_marks(char *input_file)
>> fclose(f);
>> }
>>
>> +static void handle_deletes(void)
>> +{
>> + int i;
>> + for (i = 0; i < refspecs_nr; i++) {
>> + struct refspec *refspec = &refspecs[i];
>> + if (*refspec->src)
>> + continue;
>> +
>> + printf("reset %s\nfrom %s\n\n",
>> + refspec->dst, sha1_to_hex(null_sha1));
>
> If I understand it right, this issues a "reset" command in the fast-import
> stream, resetting a ref to an all-zero SHA1. I had a look at the
> git-fast-import documentation, but I found that it does not explicitly cover
> this case. In particular, the "reset" command does not specify that an
> all-zero SHA1 should be treated as "delete this ref".
That's what the previous patch does.
> On the other hand, the docs for "reset" seem to indicate that one can omit
> the "from" part, although I couldn't tell for sure what that would mean,
> either.
It means something different.
> I have not yet tried to dive into the code to figure out what actually
> happens, but I assume Felipe did that resp. tested it, and so supposedly
> doing this works, at least for git resp. existing transport helpers. But I
> wonder if other implementers of the fast-import format would handle it
> properly?
Try this:
--- a/t/t9350-fast-export.sh
+++ b/t/t9350-fast-export.sh
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ test_expect_success 'delete refspec' '
from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
EOF
- test_cmp expected actual
+ test_cmp expected actual &&
+ git fast-import < actual &&
+ test_must_fail git rev-parse -q --verify refs/heads/to-delete
'
test_done
--
Felipe Contreras
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