From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:26:27 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Merge branch 'master' of feistymeow.org:feisty_meow into dev
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.91^2~11
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4028c96f710034a0172c829ebb1b7dce3d4b3dbd;hp=d416052846c247de393089e98602f3c881362548;p=feisty_meow.git

Merge branch 'master' of feistymeow.org:feisty_meow into dev

farp
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diff --git a/scripts/customize/fred/fred_variables.sh b/scripts/customize/fred/fred_variables.sh
index 02e107a5..4c9c0d90 100644
--- a/scripts/customize/fred/fred_variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/customize/fred/fred_variables.sh
@@ -38,15 +38,21 @@ if [ -z "$USER_CUSTOMIZATIONS_LOADED" ]; then
 #  export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox
 
   # editor and other mixed settings...
-  export EDITOR="$(which vim)"
+  export EDITOR="$(which gvim)"
+  if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+    export EDITOR="$(which vim)"
+  else
+    # special case for gvim; tell it not to fork or we can't wait for it.
+    EDITOR+=" --nofork"
+  fi
   if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
     EDITOR="$(which vi)"
-    if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
-      EDITOR="$(which emacs)"
-      if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
-        echo "Cannot find a friendly editor."
-      fi
-    fi
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+    EDITOR="$(which emacs)"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+    echo "Cannot find a friendly editor."
   fi
   export VISUAL="$EDITOR"
   # the editors for revision control must wait while document is edited,
diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index 0a6ee8fe..38f26770 100644
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -91,10 +91,33 @@ function do_checkin()
         git commit .
         test_or_die "git commit"
       fi
-      # upload the files to the server so others can see them.
-      git push 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed"
-      if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
-      test_or_die "git push"
+
+#      # upload the files to the server so others can see them.
+#      git push 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed"
+#      if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
+#      test_or_die "git push"
+
+      # catch if the diff-index failed somehow.
+      test_or_die "git diff-index"
+
+      # we continue on to the push, even if there were no changes this time, because
+      # there could already be committed changes that haven't been pushed yet.
+
+      local myself="$(my_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.
+
+        git push 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+        test_or_die "git push"
+#      fi
+
     fi
   else
     # nothing there.  it's not an error though.
@@ -221,13 +244,113 @@ function squash_first_few_crs()
 # git repository.
 function my_branch_name()
 {
-  echo "$(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 $to_return
+}
+
+# the git update process just gets more and more complex when you bring in
+# branches, so we've moved this here to avoid having a ton of code in the
+# do_checkin method.
+function careful_git_update()
+{
+
+echo A
+  this_branch="$(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 $state
+#need to instead do something here if fails.
+
+echo B
+
+  # first update all our remote branches to their current state from the repos.
+  git remote update
+  test_or_die "git remote update"
+
+echo C
+  # now pull down any changes in our own origin in the repo, to stay in synch
+  # with any changes from others.
+  git pull --no-ff --all
+  test_or_die "git pulling all upstream"
+
+echo D
+#the above are just not enough.  now doing what i have to do to repair things.
+branch_list=$(git branch |grep -v '^\*')
+
+
+echo E
+
+echo The rest of pull is not being done yet.
+return 1
+
+
+
+# below has older shards of partial knowledge.
+
+#      reslog=$(git log HEAD..origin/master --oneline)
+#      if [[ "${reslog}" != "" ]] ; then
+#        git merge origin/master
+
+#      # from very helpful page:
+#      # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10312521/how-to-fetch-all-git-branches
+#      for remote in $( git branch -r | grep -v -- '->' ); do
+#        git branch --track ${remote#origin/} $remote 2>/dev/null
+##hmmm: ignoring errors from these, since they are continual.
+##hmmm: if we could find a way to not try to track with a local branch when there's already one present, that would be swell.  it's probably simple.
+#      done
+#
+##hmmm: well, one time it failed without the fetch.  i hope that's because the fetch is actually needed and not because the whole approach is fubar.
+#      git fetch --all 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+#      test_or_die "git fetch"
+#
+#      git pull --all 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+#      test_or_die "git pull"
+
 }
 
 # gets the latest versions of the assets from the upstream repository.
@@ -264,9 +387,12 @@ function do_update()
 # classic implementation, but only works with one master branch.
 # fixes will be forthcoming from development branch.
 
-      git pull 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
-      if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
-      test_or_die "git pull"
+#      git pull 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+#      if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
+#      test_or_die "git pull"
+
+#any parms needed?
+      careful_git_update 
 
     fi
   else