The __gitdir() helper function finds out the path of the git
repository by running 'git rev-parse --git-dir'. However, it has a
shortcut first to avoid the overhead of running a git command in a
subshell when the current directory is at the top of the work tree,
i.e. when it contains a '.git' subdirectory.
If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies the
path to the git repository, and the autodetection of the '.git'
directory is not necessary. However, $GIT_DIR is only taken into
acocunt by 'git rev-parse --git-dir', and the check for the '.git'
subdirectory is performed first, so it wins over the path given in
$GIT_DIR.
There are several completion (helper) functions that depend on
__gitdir(), and when the above case triggers the completion script
will do weird things, like offering refs, aliases, or stashes from a
different repository, or displaying wrong or broken prompt, etc.
So check first whether $GIT_DIR is set, and only proceed with checking
the '.git' directory in the current directory if it isn't. 'git
rev-parse' would also check whether the path in $GIT_DIR is a proper
'.git' directory, i.e. 'HEAD', 'refs/', and 'objects/' are present and
accessible, but we don't have to be that thorough for the bash prompt.
And we've lived with an equally permissive check for '.git' in the
current working directory for years anyway.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
bash-completion 1.90 shipped with support to load completions
dynamically[1], which means the git completion script wouldn't be loaded
until the user types 'git <tab>'--this creates a problem to people using
__git_ps1(); that function won't be available when the shell is first
created.
For now distributions have workarounded this issue by moving the git
completion to the "compatdir"[2]; this of course is not ideal.
The solution, proposed by Kerrick Staley[3], is to split the git script
in two; the part that deals with __git_ps1() in one (i.e.
git-prompt.sh), and everything else in another (i.e.
git-completion.bash).
Another benefit of this is that zsh user that are not interested in the
bash completion can use it for their prompts, which has been tried
before[4].
The only slight issue is that __gitdir() would be duplicated, but this
is probably not a big deal.
So let's go ahead and move __git_ps1() to a new file.
While at this, I took the liberty to reformat the help text in the new
file.
[1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=bash-completion/bash-completion.git;a=commitdiff;h=99c4f7f25f50a7cb2fce86055bddfe389effa559
[2] http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/git&id=974380fabb8f9f412990b17063bf578d98c44a82
[3] http://mid.gmane.org/CANaWP3w9KDu57aHquRRYt8td_haSWTBKs7zUHy-xu0B61gmr9A@mail.gmail.com
[4] http://mid.gmane.org/1303824288-15591-1-git-send-email-mstormo@gmail.com
Cc: Kerrick Staley <mail@kerrickstaley.com>
Cc: Marius Storm-Olsen <mstormo@gmail.com>
Cc: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
Cc: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The tests cover the discovery of the '.git' directory in the
__gitdir() function in different scenarios, and the prompt itself,
i.e. branch name, detached heads, operations (rebase, merge,
cherry-pick, bisect), and status indicators (dirty, stash, untracked
files; but not the upstream status).
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
