* Bug: "git-remote ls -h"
@ 2022-06-29 15:26 Ian Whitlock
2022-06-29 16:29 ` Eric Sunshine
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ian Whitlock @ 2022-06-29 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi,
I found a bug and couldn't find another way to report it. I hope this is okay.
The help output for `git ls-remote` shows that `-h` should display remote HEADs, but instead the help output is displayed!
➜ git ls-remote -h
usage: git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
[-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]
[--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
-q, --quiet do not print remote URL
--upload-pack <exec> path of git-upload-pack on the remote host
-t, --tags limit to tags
-h, --heads limit to heads
--refs do not show peeled tags
--get-url take url.<base>.insteadOf into account
--sort <key> field name to sort on
--exit-code exit with exit code 2 if no matching refs are found
--symref show underlying ref in addition to the object pointed by it
-o, --server-option <server-specific>
option to transmit
Small bug, but a bug nonetheless.
Thanks for building such a lovely tool
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* Re: Bug: "git-remote ls -h"
2022-06-29 15:26 Bug: "git-remote ls -h" Ian Whitlock
@ 2022-06-29 16:29 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-06-30 18:34 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Sunshine @ 2022-06-29 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ian Whitlock; +Cc: Git List
On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 11:39 AM Ian Whitlock <ian@theknown.net> wrote:
> I found a bug and couldn't find another way to report it. I hope this is okay.
> The help output for `git ls-remote` shows that `-h` should display remote HEADs, but instead the help output is displayed!
Thanks for the report.
> ➜ git ls-remote -h
> usage: git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
> [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]
> [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
This is a known and documented behavior. The description of the `-h`
option in the `ls-remote` help page:
Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively. These
options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references
stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are displayed. Note that git
ls-remote -h used without anything else on the command line gives
help, consistent with other git subcommands.
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* Re: Bug: "git-remote ls -h"
2022-06-29 16:29 ` Eric Sunshine
@ 2022-06-30 18:34 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2022-06-30 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Sunshine; +Cc: Ian Whitlock, Git List
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 11:39 AM Ian Whitlock <ian@theknown.net> wrote:
>> I found a bug and couldn't find another way to report it. I hope this is okay.
>> The help output for `git ls-remote` shows that `-h` should display remote HEADs, but instead the help output is displayed!
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
>> ➜ git ls-remote -h
>> usage: git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
>> [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]
>> [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
>
> This is a known and documented behavior. The description of the `-h`
> option in the `ls-remote` help page:
>
> Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively. These
> options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references
> stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are displayed. Note that git
> ls-remote -h used without anything else on the command line gives
> help, consistent with other git subcommands.
Correct.
I do not mind a patch that teaches ls-remote to emit an extra line
of hint after giving the standard short-help-usage text, telling the
user that "git ls-remote -h origin" (replace 'origin' with whatever
the default remote is) can be used to learn the branches at the
remote.
Thanks.
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