From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:03:17 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: back to the chaos factory
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.91^2~23
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=486c141d37d22879d338bf6489434c968a7f733b;p=feisty_meow.git

back to the chaos factory

this is the scrambled up version still in progress, and it's totally appropriate to the development branch, given that no one else is seeing that branch yet.
---

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index 6321dc14..718b602c 100644
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -84,13 +84,37 @@ function do_checkin()
       # snag all new files.  not to everyone's liking.
       git add --all .
       test_or_die "git add all new files"
-      # tell git about all the files and get a check-in comment.
-      git commit .
-      test_or_die "git commit"
-      # 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"
+
+      # see if there are any changes in the local repository.
+      if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
+        # tell git about all the files and get a check-in comment.
+        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 [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
+#      test_or_die "git push"
+
+      # catch if the diff-index failed somehow.
+      test_or_die "git diff-index"
+
+      # we continue on to the push, even if there were no changes this time, because
+      # there could already be committed changes that haven't been pushed yet.
+
+      local myself="$(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 "normal git push"
+      fi
+
     fi
   else
     # nothing there.  it's not an error though.
@@ -260,10 +284,61 @@ 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 [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
+#      test_or_die "git pull"
+
+
+#let's start over clean here...
+
+      git remote update
+      test_or_die "git remote update"
+
+      git pull origin
+#--no-ff 
+      test_or_die "git fetch origin"
+
+# from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3258243/check-if-pull-needed-in-git
+UPSTREAM=$(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 The rest of pull is not done yet.
+
+
+#      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"
     fi
   else
     # this is not an error necessarily; we'll just pretend they planned this.