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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt8
-rw-r--r--builtin/ls-remote.c11
-rwxr-xr-xt/t5512-ls-remote.sh24
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index c3df8c0..7a9b86a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>]
- <repository> [<refs>...]
+ [--exit-code] <repository> [<refs>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS
SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
user.
+--exit-code::
+ Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
+ repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
+ it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
+ found any matching refs.
+
<repository>::
Location of the repository. The shorthand defined in
$GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 1a1ff87..1022309 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
static const char ls_remote_usage[] =
"git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>]\n"
-" [-q|--quiet] [<repository> [<refs>...]]";
+" [-q|--quiet] [--exit-code] [<repository> [<refs>...]]";
/*
* Is there one among the list of patterns that match the tail part
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
unsigned flags = 0;
int get_url = 0;
int quiet = 0;
+ int status = 0;
const char *uploadpack = NULL;
const char **pattern = NULL;
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
get_url = 1;
continue;
}
+ if (!strcmp("--exit-code", arg)) {
+ /* return this code if no refs are reported */
+ status = 2;
+ continue;
+ }
usage(ls_remote_usage);
}
dest = arg;
@@ -121,6 +127,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (!tail_match(pattern, ref->name))
continue;
printf("%s %s\n", sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1), ref->name);
+ status = 0; /* we found something */
}
- return 0;
+ return status;
}
diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
index d191235..5c546c9 100755
--- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
@@ -123,4 +123,28 @@ test_expect_success 'confuses pattern as remote when no remote specified' '
'
+test_expect_success 'die with non-2 for wrong repository even with --exit-code' '
+ git ls-remote --exit-code ./no-such-repository ;# not &&
+ status=$? &&
+ test $status != 2 && test $status != 0
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Report success even when nothing matches' '
+ git ls-remote other.git "refs/nsn/*" >actual &&
+ >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Report no-match with --exit-code' '
+ test_expect_code 2 git ls-remote --exit-code other.git "refs/nsn/*" >actual &&
+ >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Report match with --exit-code' '
+ git ls-remote --exit-code other.git "refs/tags/*" >actual &&
+ git ls-remote . tags/mark >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done