>> >> >> I thought that fetch and clone would pull all branches,
>> >> >> but it only seems to pull ref/heads/master. How could >> >> >> I fetch all refs without knowing their shas a priori? Do >> >> >> I need a custom graphwalker? >> >> > They take a determine_wants() function that can determine >> >> > what objects to fetch, and both return the full list of remote >> >> > refs that you can use to update the local refs. >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > >> >> > Jelmer >> >> > >> >> >> >> First thanks for being so patient and answering questions in such >> >> a positive way. >> >> I can't seem to checkout any other branch. I followed this >> >> thread [1] and tried >> > I don't see a [1] ? >> >> [1] https://lists.launchpad.net/dulwich-users/msg00719.html > That's about switching branches though, not about fetching more. > >> >> `r.refs.set_symbolic_ref("HEAD", >> >> "refs/remotes/origin/porcelain")` but of course >> >> that ref doesn't exist yet. I looked in .git/ and there is no > >> >> "packed-refs" folder, >> >> but there are an "objects/pack/pack-<sha>.idx & >> >> .pack" files. In "refs/" there is >> >> only "refs/heads/master" no surprise. There are no >> >> other folders. >> > packs just contain objects, never refs. >> How to unpack objects so that I can see their shas? If there >> are no refs in the pack, how will I know what refs are on the >> remote? > The refs are returned by the function that fetches the pack, and > they're specified as argument to the determine_wants() callback. > >> > Refs don't live in a pack file. You have to set them manually. >> How can I find out what refs were set on the remote, so that I can >> set them locally? > The fetch function returns them. Yes: refs = client.fetch(host_path, r, objsto.determine_wants_all, sys.stdout.write) does it! It was right there in the docstring! Thanks Jelmer! PS I noticed that you have already merged high level checkout function in launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/dulwich/+bug/719026 https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/commit/e6bc1d3bf08abbce3bd1e07bb1860e116330f2fd https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/blob/master/dulwich/repo.py on line 1381 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dulwich-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dulwich-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
