status: clarify how status.compareBranches deduplicates

The order of output when multiple branches are specified on the
configuration variable was not clearly spelled out in the
documentation.

Add a paragraph to describe the order and also how the branches are
deduplicated.  Update t6040 with additional tests to illustrate how
multiple branches are shown and deduplicated.

Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
[jc: made a whole replacement into incremental; wrote log message.]
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Harald Nordgren
2026-03-04 12:25:31 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 3ea95ac9c5
commit 68791d7506
2 changed files with 88 additions and 38 deletions

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@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ status.compareBranches::
If not set, the default behavior is equivalent to `@{upstream}`, which
compares against the configured upstream tracking branch.
+
The entries are shown in the order they appear in the configuration.
Duplicate entries that resolve to the same ref are suppressed after
their first occurrence, so `@{push} @{upstream} @{push}` shows at
most two comparisons. When `@{upstream}` and `@{push}` resolve to
the same remote-tracking branch, only one comparison is shown.
+
Example:
+
----

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@@ -293,11 +293,8 @@ test_expect_success '--set-upstream-to @{-1}' '
'
test_expect_success 'status tracking origin/main shows only main' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout b4 &&
git status >../actual
) &&
git -C test checkout b4 &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch b4
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 2 commits.
@@ -309,11 +306,8 @@ test_expect_success 'status tracking origin/main shows only main' '
'
test_expect_success 'status --no-ahead-behind tracking origin/main shows only main' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout b4 &&
git status --no-ahead-behind >../actual
) &&
git -C test checkout b4 &&
git -C test status --no-ahead-behind >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch b4
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} refer to different commits.
@@ -324,7 +318,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status --no-ahead-behind tracking origin/main shows only ma
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches from upstream has no duplicates' '
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches deduplicates when upstream and push are the same' '
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout main &&
git -C test status >actual &&
@@ -337,18 +331,48 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches from upstream has no duplicates' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows ahead of both upstream and push branch' '
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with only upstream shows only upstream' '
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream}" &&
git -C test checkout main &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/main${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with only push shows only push' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature2 origin/main &&
git -C test push origin HEAD &&
(cd test && advance work) &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature2
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature2${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows ahead of both upstream and push branch' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature3 origin/main &&
git -C test push origin HEAD &&
(cd test && advance work) &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature3
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature2${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature3${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
@@ -359,11 +383,11 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows ahead of both upstream and pus
test_expect_success 'checkout with status.compareBranches shows both branches' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout feature2 >actual &&
git -C test checkout feature3 >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature2${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature3${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
@@ -469,21 +493,41 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches supports ordered upstream/push entri
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches deduplicates repeated specifiers' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{push} @{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature7 upstream/main &&
git -C test push origin &&
(cd test && advance work) &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature7
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature7${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with diverged push branch' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature7 upstream/main &&
(cd test && advance work71) &&
git -C test checkout -b feature8 upstream/main &&
(cd test && advance work81) &&
git -C test push origin &&
git -C test reset --hard upstream/main &&
(cd test && advance work72) &&
(cd test && advance work82) &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature7
On branch feature8
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/feature7${SQ} have diverged,
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ} have diverged,
and have 1 and 1 different commits each, respectively.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
@@ -495,14 +539,14 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows up to date branches' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature8 upstream/main &&
git -C test checkout -b feature9 upstream/main &&
git -C test push origin &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature8
On branch feature9
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature9${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
@@ -513,14 +557,14 @@ test_expect_success 'status --no-ahead-behind with status.compareBranches up to
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout feature8 >actual &&
git -C test checkout feature9 >actual &&
git -C test push origin &&
git -C test status --no-ahead-behind >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature8
On branch feature9
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature9${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
@@ -531,11 +575,11 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout with status.compareBranches shows up to date' '
test_config -C test push.default current &&
test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout feature8 >actual &&
git -C test checkout feature9 >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature9${SQ}.
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
@@ -547,16 +591,16 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with upstream behind and push up to
git -C test checkout -b ahead upstream/main &&
(cd test && advance work) &&
git -C test push upstream HEAD &&
git -C test checkout -b feature9 upstream/main &&
git -C test checkout -b feature10 upstream/main &&
git -C test push origin &&
git -C test branch --set-upstream-to upstream/ahead &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature9
On branch feature10
Your branch is behind ${SQ}upstream/ahead${SQ} by 1 commit, and can be fast-forwarded.
(use "git pull" to update your local branch)
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature9${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature10${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
@@ -564,14 +608,14 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with upstream behind and push up to
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push refspec' '
test_config -C test remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature10:refs/heads/remapped &&
test_config -C test remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature11:refs/heads/remapped &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature10 origin/main &&
git -C test checkout -b feature11 origin/main &&
git -C test push &&
(cd test && advance work) &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature10
On branch feature11
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/remapped${SQ} by 1 commit.
@@ -584,14 +628,14 @@ test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push refspec' '
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push and upstream remote' '
test_config -C test remote.pushDefault origin &&
test_config -C test remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature11:refs/heads/remapped &&
test_config -C test remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature12:refs/heads/remapped &&
test_config -C test status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}" &&
git -C test checkout -b feature11 upstream/main &&
git -C test checkout -b feature12 upstream/main &&
git -C test push origin &&
(cd test && advance work) &&
git -C test status >actual &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature11
On branch feature12
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/remapped${SQ} by 1 commit.