Add a new option, --refs-backend-type, to allow the ref backend type to be set on new clones.
Submodules must use the same ref backend as the parent repository, so we also pass the --refs-backend-type option option when cloning submodules. Signed-off-by: David Turner <dtur...@twopensource.com> --- Documentation/git-clone.txt | 4 ++++ builtin/clone.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- builtin/submodule--helper.c | 5 ++++- cache.h | 1 + refs.c | 2 ++ 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index f1f2a3f..d7a4cb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] + [--refs-backend-type=<name>] [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> [<directory>] @@ -216,6 +217,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. The result is Git repository can be separated from working tree. +--refs-backend-type=<name>:: + Type of refs backend. Default is to use the original files based + backend. <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 3e14491..d489a87 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = { N_("separate git dir from working tree")), OPT_STRING_LIST('c', "config", &option_config, N_("key=value"), N_("set config inside the new repository")), + OPT_STRING(0, "refs-backend-type", &refs_backend_type, + N_("name"), N_("name of backend type to use")), OPT_END() }; static const char *argv_submodule[] = { - "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive", NULL + "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive", NULL, NULL }; static const char *get_repo_path_1(struct strbuf *path, int *is_bundle) @@ -724,8 +726,24 @@ static int checkout(void) err |= run_hook_le(NULL, "post-checkout", sha1_to_hex(null_sha1), sha1_to_hex(sha1), "1", NULL); - if (!err && option_recursive) + if (!err && option_recursive) { + const char **backend_arg = argv_submodule; + char *new_backend_arg = NULL; + if (refs_backend_type) { + while (*backend_arg) + ++backend_arg; + + new_backend_arg = xmalloc(21 + strlen(refs_backend_type)); + sprintf(new_backend_arg, "--refs-backend-type=%s", + refs_backend_type); + *backend_arg = new_backend_arg; + } err = run_command_v_opt(argv_submodule, RUN_GIT_CMD); + if (refs_backend_type) { + free(new_backend_arg); + *backend_arg = NULL; + } + } return err; } @@ -744,6 +762,11 @@ static void write_config(struct string_list *config) write_one_config, NULL) < 0) die("unable to write parameters to config file"); } + + if (refs_backend_type && + write_one_config("core.refs-backend-type", + refs_backend_type, NULL) < 0) + die("unable to write backend parameter to config file"); } static void write_refspec_config(const char *src_ref_prefix, diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index f4c3eff..5c9ca4e 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ static int clone_submodule(const char *path, const char *gitdir, const char *url argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--reference", reference, NULL); if (gitdir && *gitdir) argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--separate-git-dir", gitdir, NULL); - + if (refs_backend_type && *refs_backend_type) { + argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--refs-backend-type"); + argv_array_push(&cp.args, refs_backend_type); + } argv_array_push(&cp.args, url); argv_array_push(&cp.args, path); diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index cc817dc..692cfd3 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ enum object_creation_mode { extern enum object_creation_mode object_creation_mode; extern char *notes_ref_name; +extern const char *refs_backend_type; extern int grafts_replace_parents; diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 025cc08..901558d 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ struct ref_be *the_refs_backend = &refs_be_files; */ struct ref_be *refs_backends = &refs_be_files; +const char *refs_backend_type; + /* * This function is used to switch to an alternate backend. */ -- 2.4.2.644.g97b850b-twtrsrc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html