Fix pr create when branch name contains slashes #10859
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Pull Request Overview
This PR fixes an issue where branch names containing slashes were not correctly parsed in remote tracking references.
- Modified ParseRemoteTrackingRef to support branch names with slashes.
- Added new test scenarios for branch names both with and without slashes.
- Included commented-out tests for potential future support of slashes in remote names.
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| git/client_test.go | New test cases validate parsing behavior for branch names with slashes. |
| git/client.go | Updated ParseRemoteTrackingRef to correctly extract the remote and branch parts using strings.SplitN. |
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| return RemoteTrackingRef{}, fmt.Errorf("remote tracking branch must have format refs/remotes/<remote>/<branch> but was: %s", s) | ||
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| // For now, we assume that refnames are of the format "<remote>/<branch>", where |
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Can expand this comment to explain that git has a bunch of resolution rules around this, and doesn't seem to offer a good way to get remote and branch out of a ref.
It becomes particularly confusing if you have something like:
[remote "foo"]
url = https://github.com/williammartin/test-repo.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/foo/*
[remote "foo/bar"]
url = https://github.com/williammartin/test-repo.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/foo/bar/*
[branch "bar/baz"]
remote = foo
merge = refs/heads/bar/baz
[branch "baz"]
remote = foo/bar
merge = refs/heads/baz
This resolves to remote refs of:
➜ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name baz@{push}
refs/remotes/foo/bar/baz
➜ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name bar/baz@{push}
refs/remotes/foo/bar/baz
When using this ref, git assumes it means remote: foo branch: bar/baz
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Makes sense as I have occasionally created branches like andyfeller/.... 💯
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LGTM! Just a doc-related comment.
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| // For now, we assume that refnames are of the format "<remote>/<branch>", where | ||
| // the remote is a single path component, and branch may have many path components e.g. | ||
| // "origin/my/branch" is valid as: {Remote: "origin", Branch: "my/branch"} | ||
| // but "my/origin/branch" would parse incorrectly as: {Remote: "my", Branch: "origin/branch"} | ||
| refName := strings.TrimPrefix(s, prefix) |
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As we discussed, I think this comment should be moved to the function's godoc for more visibility.
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All the acceptance tests pass: |
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Intentionally have not fixed remote names containing slashes because we want to get a fix out for the vast majority failure case.
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Another double check of tests after some edits. |
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Description
Fixes #10857
In v2.71.0 we made some large changes to begin respecting git configuration when determining the head ref of a PR in
pr create. Part of this work involved parsing remote tracking refs returned bygit rev-parseandgit show-ref. Unfortunately, I made a silly assumption that remotes and branches wouldn't contain slashes (extra silly because I use slashes in my branches).This PR modifies
ParseRemoteTrackingRefto accept slashes under the assumption that they belong to the branch name, as opposed to the remote name. Sorefs/remotes/foo/bar/bazwill be parsed as{ Remote: "foo", Branch: "bar/baz"}.Further work will need to be done to address slashes in remote names, but branch names are likely by far the majority case here, so let's get this fixed. Evidence that remote names are less of an issue come from the fact they've been broken for several months because the previous code actually made the same assumptions around assuming remotes were only one path component long when there was ambiguity. That is because
SplitNworks left to right, sorefs/remotes/foo/bar/bazwould become[refs remotes foo bar/baz]cli/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
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This code has been in for 3 and a half months (2.65.0) without complaint. However, the code before that handled the ambiguity correctly by holding onto a struct containing the remote and branch name separately, and referring back to it later:
cli/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
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