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Using git push to open patches
Let's checkout a branch, make a commit and push to the magic ref refs/patches.
When we push to this ref, a patch is created from our commits.
$ git checkout -b feature/1
Switched to a new branch 'feature/1'
$ git commit -a -m "Add things" -q --allow-empty
$ git push -o patch.message="Add things #1" -o patch.message="See commits for details." rad HEAD:refs/patches
✓ Patch 2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7 opened
To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
* [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches
We can see a patch was created:
$ rad patch show 2647168
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Title Add things #1 │
│ Patch 2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7 │
│ Author did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi │
│ Head 42d894a83c9c356552a57af09ccdbd5587a99045 │
│ Branches feature/1 │
│ Commits ahead 1, behind 0 │
│ Status open │
│ │
│ See commits for details. │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 42d894a Add things │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ● opened by (you) (z6MknSL…StBU8Vi) [ ... ] │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
If we check our local branch, we can see its upstream is set to track a remote branch associated with this patch:
$ git branch -vv
* feature/1 42d894a [rad/patches/2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7] Add things
master f2de534 [rad/master] Second commit
Let's check that it's up to date with our local head:
$ git status --short --branch
## feature/1...rad/patches/2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7
$ git fetch
$ git push
And let's look at our local and remote refs:
$ git show-ref
42d894a83c9c356552a57af09ccdbd5587a99045 refs/heads/feature/1
f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354 refs/heads/master
f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354 refs/remotes/rad/master
42d894a83c9c356552a57af09ccdbd5587a99045 refs/remotes/rad/patches/2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7
$ git ls-remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi 'refs/heads/patches/*'
42d894a83c9c356552a57af09ccdbd5587a99045 refs/heads/patches/2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7
$ git ls-remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi 'refs/cobs/*'
2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7 refs/cobs/xyz.radicle.patch/2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7
We can also create patches by pushing to the rad/patches remote. It's a bit
simpler:
$ git checkout -b feature/2 -q
$ git commit -a -m "Add more things" -q --allow-empty
$ git push rad/patches
✓ Patch 2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e opened
To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
* [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches
We see both branches with upstreams now:
$ git branch -vv
feature/1 42d894a [rad/patches/2647168c23e7c2b2c1936d695443944e143bc3f7] Add things
* feature/2 b94a835 [rad/patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e] Add more things
master f2de534 [rad/master] Second commit
And both patches:
$ rad patch
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ● ID Title Author Head + - Updated │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ● 2647168 Add things #1 z6MknSL…StBU8Vi (you) 42d894a +0 -0 [ ... ] │
│ ● 2af090f Add more things z6MknSL…StBU8Vi (you) b94a835 +0 -0 [ ... ] │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Note that we can't fetch from rad/patches:
$ git fetch rad/patches
fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/patches
To update our patch, we simply push commits to the upstream branch:
$ git commit -a -m "Improve code" -q --allow-empty
$ git push
✓ Patch 2af090f updated to f532e40e44de298b27d2255acb50b99bf0377a04
To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
b94a835..662843e feature/2 -> patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e
This last git push worked without specifying an upstream branch despite the
local branch having a different name than the remote. This is because Radicle
configures repositories upon rad init with push.default = upstream:
$ git config --local --get push.default
upstream
This allows for pushing to the remote patch branch without using the full
<src>:<dst> syntax.
We can then see that the patch head has moved:
$ rad patch show 2af090f
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Title Add more things │
│ Patch 2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e │
│ Author did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi │
│ Head 662843ed81e76efa69d7901fb7bdd775043015d0 │
│ Branches feature/2 │
│ Commits ahead 3, behind 0 │
│ Status open │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 662843e Improve code │
│ b94a835 Add more things │
│ 42d894a Add things │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ● opened by (you) (z6MknSL…StBU8Vi) [ ... ] │
│ ↑ updated to f532e40e44de298b27d2255acb50b99bf0377a04 (662843e) [ ... ] │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
And we can check that all the refs are properly updated in our repository:
$ git rev-parse HEAD
662843ed81e76efa69d7901fb7bdd775043015d0
$ git status --short --branch
## feature/2...rad/patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e
$ git rev-parse refs/remotes/rad/patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e
662843ed81e76efa69d7901fb7bdd775043015d0
$ git ls-remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi refs/heads/patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e
662843ed81e76efa69d7901fb7bdd775043015d0 refs/heads/patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e
Force push
Sometimes, it's necessary to force-push a patch update. For example, if we amended the commit and want the updated patch to reflect that.
Let's try.
$ git commit --amend -m "Amended commit" --allow-empty
[feature/2 3507cd5] Amended commit
Date: [..]
Now let's push to the patch head.
$ git push
To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
! [rejected] feature/2 -> patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e (non-fast-forward)
error: failed to push some refs to 'rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi'
hint: Updates were rejected because a pushed branch tip is behind its remote
hint: counterpart. Check out this branch and integrate the remote changes
hint: (e.g. 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
The push fails because it's not a fast-forward update. To remedy this, we can
use --force to force the update.
$ git push --force
✓ Patch 2af090f updated to d7590abe04594263eeb88cc0e28502139ec8414f
To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
+ 662843e...3507cd5 feature/2 -> patches/2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e (forced update)
That worked. We can see the new revision if we call rad patch show:
$ rad patch show 2af090f
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Title Add more things │
│ Patch 2af090f48003d86f735163794bfffdb2691f369e │
│ Author did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi │
│ Head 3507cd57811fe5f21f6a0a610a1ac8068b3a5d9f │
│ Branches feature/2 │
│ Commits ahead 3, behind 0 │
│ Status open │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3507cd5 Amended commit │
│ b94a835 Add more things │
│ 42d894a Add things │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ● opened by (you) (z6MknSL…StBU8Vi) [ ... ] │
│ ↑ updated to f532e40e44de298b27d2255acb50b99bf0377a04 (662843e) [ ... ] │
│ ↑ updated to d7590abe04594263eeb88cc0e28502139ec8414f (3507cd5) [ ... ] │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯