notes: add shorthand --ref to override GIT_NOTES_REF

Adds a shorthand option that overrides the GIT_NOTES_REF variable, and
hence determines the notes tree that will be manipulated.  It also
DWIMs a refs/notes/ prefix.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index b12d1cf5397081f5bd07beeec5e705e9a221255f..dbfa1e88e665022d0f4429ca79733ee5cd6b2354 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ OPTIONS
        Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
        the user can further edit the note message.
 
+--ref <ref>::
+       Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>.  This overrides both
+       GIT_NOTES_REF and the "core.notesRef" configuration.  The ref
+       is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> and

diff --git a/builtin-notes.c b/builtin-notes.c
index 026cfd32a823027b26811b007c98b2fcc9f2394a..2e45be9de7ba561f421e82516144ba6f182c5e99 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-notes.c
+++ b/builtin-notes.c
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int given_object = 0, i = 1, retval = 0;
        struct msg_arg msg = { 0, 0, STRBUF_INIT };
        const char *rewrite_cmd = NULL;
+       const char *override_notes_ref = NULL;
        struct option options[] = {
                OPT_GROUP("Notes options"),
                OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &msg, "MSG",
@@ -459,6 +460,8 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                           "reuse specified note object", parse_reuse_arg),
                OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "replace existing notes"),
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdin", &from_stdin, "read objects from stdin"),
+               OPT_STRING(0, "ref", &override_notes_ref, "notes_ref",
+                          "use notes from <notes_ref>"),
                OPT_STRING(0, "for-rewrite", &rewrite_cmd, "command",
                           "load rewriting config for <command> (implies --stdin)"),
                OPT_END()
@@ -468,6 +471,19 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_notes_usage, 0);
 
+       if (override_notes_ref) {
+               struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+               if (!prefixcmp(override_notes_ref, "refs/notes/"))
+                       /* we're happy */;
+               else if (!prefixcmp(override_notes_ref, "notes/"))
+                       strbuf_addstr(&sb, "refs/");
+               else
+                       strbuf_addstr(&sb, "refs/notes/");
+               strbuf_addstr(&sb, override_notes_ref);
+               setenv("GIT_NOTES_REF", sb.buf, 1);
+               strbuf_release(&sb);
+       }
+
        if (argc && !strcmp(argv[0], "list"))
                list = 1;
        else if (argc && !strcmp(argv[0], "add"))