When 'git fetch' is supplied just a repository URL (not a remote name),
and without a fetch refspec, it should fetch from the remote HEAD branch
and update FETCH_HEAD with the fetched ref. Currently, when 'git fetch'
is called like this, it fails to retrieve anything, and does not update
FETCH_HEAD, if the current checked-out branch has a configured merge ref.
i.e. this fetch fails to retrieve anything nor update FETCH_HEAD:
git checkout master
git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
but this one does:
git config --unset branch.master.merge
git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
Add a test to demonstrate this flaw.
Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
git fetch blub
'
+test_expect_failure 'fetch from GIT URL with a non-applying branch.<name>.merge' '
+ git update-ref -d FETCH_HEAD &&
+ git fetch one &&
+ git rev-parse --verify FETCH_HEAD
+'
+
# the strange name is: a\!'b
test_expect_success 'quoting of a strangely named repo' '
test_must_fail git fetch "a\\!'\''b" > result 2>&1 &&