From: Mark Jamsek <mark@jamsek.com>
Subject: Re: improve got fetch error reporting
To: gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 17:34:11 +1100

On 23-02-04 05:34PM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> With the new 'got fetch' default behaviour it can be a bit
> unclear why the fetch operation is failing:
> 
> $ got fetch
> got-fetch-pack: could not find any branches to fetch
> got: could not find any branches to fetch
> $ got branch
> fetch-verify
> 
> 
> With the patch below:
> 
> $ got fetch
> got-fetch-pack: branch "refs/heads/fetch-verify" not found on server: could not find any branches to fetch
> got: could not find any branches to fetch
> $
> 
> ok?

yes, good idea! ok for me too

On the topic of got's new fetch behaviour, do you think it would be a
good idea to fallback to the branch resolved by the remote's HEAD ref
if 'got fetch' is run in a work tree without -b?

So, 'got fetch' will first attempt to fetch the work tree's current
branch, but if not found it will fetch the remote repository's HEAD.

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Mark Jamsek <fnc.bsdbox.org>
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