http-push: push <remote> :<branch> deletes remote branch

This mirrors current ssh/git push syntax.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 0beb7406c34a19403062a6a2e2aeeee35566a45f..4b31070eb9df029a2d57e976129560b76ab3660a 100644 (file)
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -2138,6 +2138,8 @@ static int delete_remote_branch(char *pattern, int force)
 
        /* Send delete request */
        fprintf(stderr, "Removing remote branch '%s'\n", remote_ref->name);
+       if (dry_run)
+               return 0;
        url = xmalloc(strlen(remote->url) + strlen(remote_ref->name) + 1);
        sprintf(url, "%s%s", remote->url, remote_ref->name);
        slot = get_active_slot();
@@ -2311,6 +2313,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                if (!ref->peer_ref)
                        continue;
+
+               if (is_zero_sha1(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1)) {
+                       if (delete_remote_branch(ref->name, 1) == -1) {
+                               error("Could not remove %s", ref->name);
+                               rc = -4;
+                       }
+                       new_refs++;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
                if (!hashcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1)) {
                        if (push_verbosely || 1)
                                fprintf(stderr, "'%s': up-to-date\n", ref->name);
@@ -2342,11 +2354,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        }
                }
                hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1);
-               if (is_zero_sha1(ref->new_sha1)) {
-                       error("cannot happen anymore");
-                       rc = -3;
-                       continue;
-               }
                new_refs++;
                strcpy(old_hex, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
                new_hex = sha1_to_hex(ref->new_sha1);