# there could already be committed changes that haven't been pushed yet.
local myself="$(my_branch_name)"
- local parent="$(parent_branch_name)"
+# local parent="$(parent_branch_name)"
# upload any changes to the upstream repo so others can see them.
- if [ "$myself" != "$parent" ]; then
- git push origin "$(myself)" 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
- test_or_die "git push to origin: $myself"
- else
- # this branch is the same as the parent, so just push.
+
+# if [ "$myself" != "$parent" ]; then
+# git push origin "$(myself)" 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+# test_or_die "git push to origin: $myself"
+# else
+# # this branch is the same as the parent, so just push.
+
git push 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
- test_or_die "normal git push"
- fi
+ test_or_die "git push"
+# fi
fi
else
# git repository.
function my_branch_name()
{
- echo "$(git branch | grep \* | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
+ echo "$(git branch | grep '\*' | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
}
+#this had a -> in it at one point for not matching, didn't it?
# this reports the upstream branch for the current repo.
-function parent_branch_name()
+##function parent_branch_name()
+##{
+ ##echo "$(git branch -vv | grep \* | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
+##}
+
+# this exits with 0 for success (normal bash behavior) when up to date. if the branch is not up to date,
+# then these values are returned:
+#DOCUMENT THE VALUES
+# reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3258243/check-if-pull-needed-in-git
+function check_branch_state()
{
- echo "$(git branch -vv | grep \* | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
+ local branch="$1"; shift
+
+ local to_return=120 # unknown issue.
+
+sep
+
+ LOCAL=$(git rev-parse @)
+ REMOTE=$(git rev-parse "$branch")
+ BASE=$(git merge-base @ "$branch")
+var branch LOCAL REMOTE BASE
+
+ if [ "$LOCAL" == "$REMOTE" ]; then
+ echo "Up-to-date"
+ to_return=0
+ elif [ "$LOCAL" == "$BASE" ]; then
+ echo "Need to pull"
+ to_return=1
+ elif [ "$REMOTE" == "$BASE" ]; then
+ echo "Need to push"
+ to_return=2
+ else
+ echo "Diverged"
+ to_return=3
+ fi
+
+sep
+
+ return $to_return
}
# the git update process just gets more and more complex when you bring in
# do_checkin method.
function careful_git_update()
{
+
+echo A
+ this_branch="$(my_branch_name)"
+
+#we want my branch here, don't we? not like parent or anything?
+ check_branch_state "$this_branch"
+ state=$?
+ test_or_continue "branch state check"
+ echo the branch state is $state
+#need to instead do something here if fails.
+
+echo B
+
# first update all our remote branches to their current state from the repos.
git remote update
test_or_die "git remote update"
-#hmmm: this should be a function:
-# from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3258243/check-if-pull-needed-in-git
-UPSTREAM=$(parent_branch_name)
-#argh: original UPSTREAM='${1:-'\''@{u}'\''}'
-LOCAL=$(git rev-parse @)
-REMOTE=$(git rev-parse "$UPSTREAM")
-BASE=$(git merge-base @ "$UPSTREAM")
-var UPSTREAM LOCAL REMOTE BASE
-
-if [ "$LOCAL" == "$REMOTE" ]; then
- echo "Up-to-date"
-elif [ "$LOCAL" == "$BASE" ]; then
- echo "Need to pull"
-elif [ "$REMOTE" == "$BASE" ]; then
- echo "Need to push"
-else
- echo "Diverged"
-fi
-
+echo C
# now pull down any changes in our own origin in the repo, to stay in synch
# with any changes from others.
git pull --no-ff --all
- test_or_die "git fetch origin"
+ test_or_die "git pulling all upstream"
+
+echo D
+#the above are just not enough. now doing what i have to do to repair things.
+branch_list=$(git branch |grep -v '^\*')
+
+echo E
echo The rest of pull is not being done yet.
return 1