Teach git-remote to update existing remotes by fetching from them

This allows users to use the command "git remote update" to update all
remotes that are being tracked in the repository.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Theodore Ts'o 2007-02-18 23:00:00 -05:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 0bce7a52f2
commit 1e592d65b5
3 changed files with 26 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ pull.octopus::
pull.twohead::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
remote.fetch::
The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update".
See gitlink:git-remote[1].
remote.<name>.url::
The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
gitlink:git-push[1].

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@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-remote' add <name> <url>
'git-remote' show <name>
'git-remote' prune <name>
'git-remote' update
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ Gives some information about the remote <name>.
Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>".
referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
"remotes/<name>".
'update'::
Fetch updates for the remotes in the repository. By default all remotes
are updated, but this can be configured via the configuration parameter
'remote.fetch'. (See gitlink:git-config[1]).
DISCUSSION

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@ -303,6 +303,18 @@ sub add_usage {
show_remote($ARGV[$i], $ls_remote);
}
}
elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'update') {
my $conf = $git->config("remote.fetch");
if (defined($conf)) {
@remotes = split(' ', $conf);
} else {
@remotes = sort keys %$remote;
}
for (@remotes) {
print "Fetching $_\n";
$git->command('fetch', "$_");
}
}
elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'prune') {
my $ls_remote = 1;
my $i;
@ -360,5 +372,6 @@ sub add_usage {
print STDERR " git remote add <name> <url>\n";
print STDERR " git remote show <name>\n";
print STDERR " git remote prune <name>\n";
print STDERR " git remote update\n";
exit(1);
}