git remote update: Fallback to remote if group does not exist

Finn Arne Gangstad · gitster · commit b344e1614b15 · 2009-04-07T21:52:26.000-07:00
Previously, git remote update &lt;remote&gt; would fail unless there was
a remote group configured with the same name as the remote.
git remote update will now fall back to using the remote if no matching
group can be found.

This enables "git remote update -p &lt;remote&gt;..." to fetch and prune one
or more remotes, for example.

Signed-off-by: Finn Arne Gangstad &lt;finnag@pvv.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote set-head' <name> [-a | -d | <branch>]
 'git remote show' [-n] <name>
 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
-'git remote update' [-p | --prune] [group]
+'git remote update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -1232,8 +1232,14 @@ static int update(int argc, const char **argv)
 		int groups_found = 0;
 		remote_group.name = argv[i];
 		result = git_config(get_remote_group, &groups_found);
-		if (!groups_found && (i != 1 || strcmp(argv[1], "default")))
-			die("No such remote group: '%s'", argv[i]);
+		if (!groups_found && (i != 1 || strcmp(argv[1], "default"))) {
+			struct remote *remote;
+			if (!remote_is_configured(argv[i]))
+				die("No such remote or remote group: %s",
+				    argv[i]);
+			remote = remote_get(argv[i]);
+			string_list_append(remote->name, remote_group.list);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!result && !list.nr  && argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "default"))
