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authorJulius Plenz <plenz@cis.fu-berlin.de>2011-04-07 12:59:24 +0200
committerLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>2011-06-20 20:42:19 +0200
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guess default branch from HEAD
This is a saner alternative than hardcoding the default branch to be "master". The add_repo() function will now check for a symbolic ref in repo_path/HEAD. If there is a suitable one, overwrite repo->defbranch with it. Note that you'll need to strip the newline from the file (-> len-17). If HEAD is a symbolic link pointing directly to a branch below refs/heads/, do a readlink() instead to find the ref name. Signed-off-by: Julius Plenz <plenz@cis.fu-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
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@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ repo.commit-filter::
repo.defbranch::
The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
- as default instead. Default value: "master".
+ as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
+ "master" if there is no suitable HEAD.
repo.desc::
The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.