Create a '--sort' option for ls-remote, based on the one from
for-each-ref. This e.g. allows ref names to be sorted by version
semantics, so that v1.2 is sorted before v1.10.

Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordg...@gmail.com>
---

Notes:
    Changes according to Eric Sunshine's code review

 Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt | 16 ++++++++++++-
 builtin/ls-remote.c             | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 t/t5512-ls-remote.sh            | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index 5f2628c8f..80a09b518 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
-             [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]
+             [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [--sort=<key>]
              [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ OPTIONS
        upload-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only
        one shown by ls-remote.
 
+--sort=<key>::
+       Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending order
+       of the value. Supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag names
+       are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort order can also
+       be affected by the "versionsort.suffix" configuration variable.
+       See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] for more sort options, but be aware
+       that because `ls-remote` deals only with remotes, any key like
+       `committerdate` that requires access to the object itself will
+       cause a failure.
+
 <repository>::
        The "remote" repository to query.  This parameter can be
        either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
@@ -90,6 +100,10 @@ EXAMPLES
        c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
        7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 540d56429..d3851074c 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "transport.h"
+#include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 
 static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = {
@@ -43,10 +44,13 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
        int show_symref_target = 0;
        const char *uploadpack = NULL;
        const char **pattern = NULL;
+       int i;
 
        struct remote *remote;
        struct transport *transport;
        const struct ref *ref;
+       struct ref_array ref_array;
+       static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
 
        struct option options[] = {
                OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("do not print remote URL")),
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                OPT_BIT(0, "refs", &flags, N_("do not show peeled tags"), 
REF_NORMAL),
                OPT_BOOL(0, "get-url", &get_url,
                         N_("take url.<base>.insteadOf into account")),
+               OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
+                            N_("field name to sort on"), 
&parse_opt_ref_sorting),
                OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "exit-code", &status,
                              N_("exit with exit code 2 if no matching refs are 
found"),
                              2, PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                OPT_END()
        };
 
+       memset(&ref_array, 0, sizeof(ref_array));
+
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, ls_remote_usage,
                             PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
        dest = argv[0];
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
 
        if (get_url) {
                printf("%s\n", *remote->url);
+               UNLEAK(sorting);
                return 0;
        }
 
@@ -98,20 +107,35 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_UPLOADPACK, 
uploadpack);
 
        ref = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
-       if (transport_disconnect(transport))
+       if (transport_disconnect(transport)) {
+               UNLEAK(sorting);
                return 1;
+       }
 
        if (!dest && !quiet)
                fprintf(stderr, "From %s\n", *remote->url);
        for ( ; ref; ref = ref->next) {
+               struct ref_array_item *item;
                if (!check_ref_type(ref, flags))
                        continue;
                if (!tail_match(pattern, ref->name))
                        continue;
+               item = ref_array_push(&ref_array, ref->name, &ref->old_oid);
+               item->symref = xstrdup_or_null(ref->symref);
+       }
+
+       if (sorting)
+               ref_array_sort(sorting, &ref_array);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < ref_array.nr; i++) {
+               const struct ref_array_item *ref = ref_array.items[i];
                if (show_symref_target && ref->symref)
-                       printf("ref: %s\t%s\n", ref->symref, ref->name);
-               printf("%s\t%s\n", oid_to_hex(&ref->old_oid), ref->name);
+                       printf("ref: %s\t%s\n", ref->symref, ref->refname);
+               printf("%s\t%s\n", oid_to_hex(&ref->objectname), ref->refname);
                status = 0; /* we found something */
        }
+
+       UNLEAK(sorting);
+       UNLEAK(ref_array);
        return status;
 }
diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
index 02106c922..e8df4c7e0 100755
--- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ test_expect_success setup '
        test_tick &&
        git commit -m initial &&
        git tag mark &&
+       git tag mark1.1 &&
+       git tag mark1.2 &&
+       git tag mark1.10 &&
        git show-ref --tags -d | sed -e "s/ /   /" >expected.tag &&
        (
                echo "$(git rev-parse HEAD)     HEAD"
@@ -39,6 +42,39 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-remote self' '
        test_cmp expected.all actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'ls-remote --sort="version:refname" --tags self' '
+       cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+       '$(git rev-parse mark)' refs/tags/mark
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.1)'      refs/tags/mark1.1
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.2)'      refs/tags/mark1.2
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.10)'     refs/tags/mark1.10
+       EOF
+       git ls-remote --sort="version:refname" --tags self >actual &&
+       test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-remote --sort="-version:refname" --tags self' '
+       cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.10)'     refs/tags/mark1.10
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.2)'      refs/tags/mark1.2
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.1)'      refs/tags/mark1.1
+       '$(git rev-parse mark)' refs/tags/mark
+       EOF
+       git ls-remote --sort="-version:refname" --tags self >actual &&
+       test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-remote --sort="-refname" --tags self' '
+       cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.2)'      refs/tags/mark1.2
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.10)'     refs/tags/mark1.10
+       '$(git rev-parse mark1.1)'      refs/tags/mark1.1
+       '$(git rev-parse mark)' refs/tags/mark
+       EOF
+       git ls-remote --sort="-refname" --tags self >actual &&
+       test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'dies when no remote specified and no default remotes 
found' '
        test_must_fail git ls-remote
 '
@@ -131,7 +167,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Report no-match with --exit-code' '
 
 test_expect_success 'Report match with --exit-code' '
        git ls-remote --exit-code other.git "refs/tags/*" >actual &&
-       git ls-remote . tags/mark >expect &&
+       git ls-remote . tags/mark* >expect &&
        test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
@@ -170,14 +206,18 @@ test_expect_success 'overrides work between mixed 
transfer/upload-pack hideRefs'
        grep refs/tags/magic actual
 '
 
+git fetch origin
 test_expect_success 'ls-remote --symref' '
        cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
        ref: refs/heads/master  HEAD
-       1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a        HEAD
-       1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a        refs/heads/master
-       1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a        refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
-       1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a        
refs/remotes/origin/master
-       1bd44cb9d13204b0fe1958db0082f5028a16eb3a        refs/tags/mark
+       '$(git rev-parse HEAD)' HEAD
+       '$(git rev-parse refs/heads/master)'    refs/heads/master
+       '$(git rev-parse HEAD)' refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
+       '$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master)'   
refs/remotes/origin/master
+       '$(git rev-parse refs/tags/mark)'       refs/tags/mark
+       '$(git rev-parse refs/tags/mark1.1)'    refs/tags/mark1.1
+       '$(git rev-parse refs/tags/mark1.10)'   refs/tags/mark1.10
+       '$(git rev-parse refs/tags/mark1.2)'    refs/tags/mark1.2
        EOF
        git ls-remote --symref >actual &&
        test_cmp expect actual
-- 
2.14.3 (Apple Git-98)

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