By default it uses the branch with the same name as the head pointed to
by the HEAD link. The command also accepts a different location.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
help = 'pull the changes from the remote repository'
help = 'pull the changes from the remote repository'
-usage = """%prog [options]
+usage = """%prog [options] [<location>]
-Pull the latest changes from the parent repository. This command works
-by popping all the patches from the stack, pulling the changes in the
-parent repository, setting the base of the stack to the latest parent
-HEAD and pusing the patches back (unless '--nopush' is specified). The
-'push' operation can fail if there are conflicts. They need to be
-resolved and the patch pushed again. The URL of the parent repository
-is specified in the .git/branches/<head> file.
+Pull the latest changes from the given URL or branch (defaulting to
+'origin'). This command works by popping all the patches from the
+stack, pulling the changes in the parent repository, setting the base
+of the stack to the latest parent HEAD and pusing the patches back
+(unless '--nopush' is specified). The 'push' operation can fail if
+there are conflicts. They need to be resolved and the patch pushed
+again.
Note that this command doesn't perform any merge operation for the
base of the stack, it only performs merges with the patches being
Note that this command doesn't perform any merge operation for the
base of the stack, it only performs merges with the patches being
def func(parser, options, args):
"""Pull the changes from a remote repository
"""
def func(parser, options, args):
"""Pull the changes from a remote repository
"""
+ if len(args) == 0:
+ location = read_string(os.path.join(git.base_dir, 'branches',
+ 'origin'))
+ elif len(args) == 1:
+ location = args[0]
+ branch = os.path.join(git.base_dir, 'branches', location)
+ if os.path.isfile(branch):
+ location = read_string(branch)
+ else:
parser.error('incorrect number of arguments')
check_local_changes()
check_conflicts()
check_head_top_equal()
parser.error('incorrect number of arguments')
check_local_changes()
check_conflicts()
check_head_top_equal()
- branch = git.get_head_file()
- location = read_string(os.path.join(git.base_dir, 'branches', branch))
orig_head = git_id('base')
print 'Pulling from "%s"...' % location
orig_head = git_id('base')
print 'Pulling from "%s"...' % location