dropping probably useless step

[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 f33532de8ac96d71d19e2d03219efd8f8ec3e6f3..f3f433d3eebd837eef27362e80cb98cf6460294b 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function do_checkin()
       # there could already be committed changes that haven't been pushed yet.
 
       # upload any changes to the upstream repo so others can see them.
-      git push 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+      git push origin "$(my_branch_name)" 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
       test_or_die "git push"
 
     fi
@@ -296,9 +296,10 @@ function careful_git_update()
   git checkout "$this_branch"
   test_or_die "git checking out our current branch: $this_branch"
 
-  # first update all our remote branches to their current state from the repos.
-  git remote update
-  test_or_die "git remote update"
+#this step didn't help before, and it seems redundant now.
+#  # first update all our remote branches to their current state from the repos.
+#  git remote update
+#  test_or_die "git remote update"
 
   # now pull down any changes in our own origin in the repo, to stay in synch
   # with any changes from others.
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ function do_update()
   elif [ -d ".git" ]; then
     if test_writeable ".git"; then
       $blatt
-      git pull --no-ff origin 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
+      git pull --no-ff 2>&1 | grep -v "X11 forwarding request failed" | $TO_SPLITTER
       if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then false; fi
       test_or_die "git pull of origin without fast forwards"
     fi
@@ -421,8 +422,14 @@ function perform_revctrl_action_on_file()
 
   save_terminal_title
 
+  local did_anything=
+
   while read -u 3 dirname; do
-    if [ -z "$dirname" ]; then continue; fi
+    if [ -z "$dirname" ]; then
+      # we often have blank lines in the input file for some reason.
+      continue
+    fi
+    did_anything=yes
     pushd "$dirname" &>/dev/null
     echo "[$(pwd)]"
     $action .
@@ -431,6 +438,10 @@ function perform_revctrl_action_on_file()
     popd &>/dev/null
   done 3<"$tempfile"
 
+  if [ -z "$did_anything" ]; then
+    echo "There was nothing to do the action '$action' on."
+  fi
+
   restore_terminal_title
 
   rm $tempfile