added a lister for active branches called branchy

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / rev_control / version_control.sh

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index 703e003ddf52269c1215b5a9db6cbe59f784cff6..dcde45c6fcc6468eac2ef38cf1d4be1fa9c356ae 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ function check_branch_state()
 
   local to_return=120  # unknown issue.
 
-  local local_branch=$(git rev-parse @)
+  local local_branch=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
   local remote_branch=$(git rev-parse "$branch")
-  local merge_base=$(git merge-base @ "$branch")
+  local merge_base=$(git merge-base HEAD "$branch")
 
   local to_echo=
   if [ "$local_branch" == "$remote_branch" ]; then
@@ -280,6 +280,23 @@ function check_branch_state()
   return $to_return
 }
 
+# showes the branch currently active in the repository.
+function show_active_branch()
+{
+#hmmm: if no args, assume current dir!
+
+  for directory in "$@"; do
+    echo -n "active branch for '$directory': "
+    pushd "$directory" &>/dev/null
+
+#hmmm: if git...
+    git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+#hmmm: else OTHERS!!!
+
+    popd &>/dev/null
+  done
+}
+
 # only shows the branch state if it's not okay.
 # note that this is not the same as a conditional branch (ha ha).
 function show_branch_conditionally()
@@ -357,7 +374,7 @@ function do_revctrl_careful_update()
 
   # now pull down any changes in our own origin in the repo, to stay in synch
   # with any changes from others.
-  git pull --tags --all | $TO_SPLITTER
+  git fetch --tags --all | $TO_SPLITTER
 #is the above really important when we did this branch already in the loop?
 #it does an --all, but is that effective or different?  should we be doing that in above loop?
   promote_pipe_return 0