remote: handle negative refspecs in git remote show

By default, the git remote show command will query data from remotes to
show data about what might be done on a future git fetch. This process
currently does not handle negative refspecs. This can be confusing,
because the show command will list refs as if they would be fetched. For
example if the fetch refspec "^refs/heads/pr/*", it still displays the
following:

  * remote jdk19
    Fetch URL: [email protected]:openjdk/jdk19.git
    Push  URL: [email protected]:openjdk/jdk19.git
    HEAD branch: master
    Remote branches:
      master tracked
      pr/1   new (next fetch will store in remotes/jdk19)
      pr/2   new (next fetch will store in remotes/jdk19)
      pr/3   new (next fetch will store in remotes/jdk19)
    Local ref configured for 'git push':
      master pushes to master (fast-forwardable)

Fix this by adding an additional check inside of get_ref_states. If a
ref matches one of the negative refspecs, mark it as skipped instead of
marking it as new or tracked.

With this change, we now report remote branches that are skipped due to
negative refspecs properly:

  * remote jdk19
    Fetch URL: [email protected]:openjdk/jdk19.git
    Push  URL: [email protected]:openjdk/jdk19.git
    HEAD branch: master
    Remote branches:
      master tracked
      pr/1   skipped
      pr/2   skipped
      pr/3   skipped
    Local ref configured for 'git push':
      master pushes to master (fast-forwardable)

By showing the refs as skipped, it helps clarify that these references
won't actually be fetched.

This does not properly handle refs going stale due to a newly added
negative refspec. In addition, git remote prune doesn't handle that
negative refspec case either. Fixing that requires digging into
get_stale_heads and handling the case of a ref which exists on the
remote but is omitted due to a negative refspec locally.

Add a new test case which covers the functionality above, as well as a
new expected failure indicating the poor overlap with stale refs.

Reported-by: Pavel Rappo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: jacob-keller

builtin/remote.c

@@ -344,12 +344,13 @@ static void read_branches(void)
 
 struct ref_states {
 	struct remote *remote;
-	struct string_list new_refs, stale, tracked, heads, push;
+	struct string_list new_refs, skipped, stale, tracked, heads, push;
 	int queried;
 };
 
 #define REF_STATES_INIT { \
 	.new_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
+	.skipped = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
 	.stale = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
 	.tracked = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
 	.heads = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
@@ -368,7 +369,9 @@ static int get_ref_states(const struct ref *remote_refs, struct ref_states *stat
 				states->remote->fetch.raw[i]);
 
 	for (ref = fetch_map; ref; ref = ref->next) {
-		if (!ref->peer_ref || !ref_exists(ref->peer_ref->name))
+		if (omit_name_by_refspec(ref->name, &states->remote->fetch))
+			string_list_append(&states->skipped, abbrev_branch(ref->name));
+		else if (!ref->peer_ref || !ref_exists(ref->peer_ref->name))
 			string_list_append(&states->new_refs, abbrev_branch(ref->name));
 		else
 			string_list_append(&states->tracked, abbrev_branch(ref->name));
@@ -383,6 +386,7 @@ static int get_ref_states(const struct ref *remote_refs, struct ref_states *stat
 	free_refs(fetch_map);
 
 	string_list_sort(&states->new_refs);
+	string_list_sort(&states->skipped);
 	string_list_sort(&states->tracked);
 	string_list_sort(&states->stale);
 
@@ -941,6 +945,7 @@ static void clear_push_info(void *util, const char *string)
 static void free_remote_ref_states(struct ref_states *states)
 {
 	string_list_clear(&states->new_refs, 0);
+	string_list_clear(&states->skipped, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states->stale, 1);
 	string_list_clear(&states->tracked, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&states->heads, 0);
@@ -1035,6 +1040,8 @@ static int show_remote_info_item(struct string_list_item *item, void *cb_data)
 			arg = states->remote->name;
 		} else if (string_list_has_string(&states->tracked, name))
 			arg = _(" tracked");
+		else if (string_list_has_string(&states->skipped, name))
+			arg = _(" skipped");
 		else if (string_list_has_string(&states->stale, name))
 			arg = _(" stale (use 'git remote prune' to remove)");
 		else
@@ -1308,6 +1315,7 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 		/* remote branch info */
 		info.width = 0;
 		for_each_string_list(&info.states.new_refs, add_remote_to_show_info, &info);
+		for_each_string_list(&info.states.skipped, add_remote_to_show_info, &info);
 		for_each_string_list(&info.states.tracked, add_remote_to_show_info, &info);
 		for_each_string_list(&info.states.stale, add_remote_to_show_info, &info);
 		if (info.list.nr)

remote.c

@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int refspec_match(const struct refspec_item *refspec,
 	return !strcmp(refspec->src, name);
 }
 
-static int omit_name_by_refspec(const char *name, struct refspec *rs)
+int omit_name_by_refspec(const char *name, struct refspec *rs)
 {
 	int i;
 

remote.h

@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ int resolve_remote_symref(struct ref *ref, struct ref *list);
  */
 struct ref *ref_remove_duplicates(struct ref *ref_map);
 
+/*
+ * Check whether a name matches any negative refspec in rs. Returns 1 if the
+ * name matches at least one negative refspec, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int omit_name_by_refspec(const char *name, struct refspec *rs);
+
 /*
  * Remove all entries in the input list which match any negative refspec in
  * the refspec list.

t/t5505-remote.sh

@@ -302,6 +302,52 @@ test_expect_success 'show' '
 	)
 '
 
+cat >expect <<EOF
+* remote origin
+  Fetch URL: $(pwd)/one
+  Push  URL: $(pwd)/one
+  HEAD branch: main
+  Remote branches:
+    main skipped
+    side tracked
+  Local branches configured for 'git pull':
+    ahead merges with remote main
+    main  merges with remote main
+  Local refs configured for 'git push':
+    main pushes to main     (local out of date)
+    main pushes to upstream (create)
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'show with negative refspecs' '
+	test_when_finished "git -C test config --unset-all --fixed-value remote.origin.fetch ^refs/heads/main" &&
+	git -C test config --add remote.origin.fetch ^refs/heads/main &&
+	git -C test remote show origin >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+cat >expect <<EOF
+* remote origin
+  Fetch URL: $(pwd)/one
+  Push  URL: $(pwd)/one
+  HEAD branch: main
+  Remote branches:
+    main new (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
+    side stale (use 'git remote prune' to remove)
+  Local branches configured for 'git pull':
+    ahead merges with remote main
+    main  merges with remote main
+  Local refs configured for 'git push':
+    main pushes to main     (local out of date)
+    main pushes to upstream (create)
+EOF
+
+test_expect_failure 'show stale with negative refspecs' '
+	test_when_finished "git -C test config --unset-all --fixed-value remote.origin.fetch ^refs/heads/side" &&
+	git -C test config --add remote.origin.fetch ^refs/heads/side &&
+	git -C test remote show origin >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
 cat >test/expect <<EOF
 * remote origin
   Fetch URL: $(pwd)/one