Merge branch 'fc/remote-helper-refmap'

Allow remote-helper/fast-import based transport to rename the refs
while transferring the history.

* fc/remote-helper-refmap:
  transport-helper: remove unnecessary strbuf resets
  transport-helper: add support to delete branches
  fast-export: add support to delete refs
  fast-import: add support to delete refs
  transport-helper: add support to push symbolic refs
  transport-helper: add support for old:new refspec
  fast-export: add new --refspec option
  fast-export: improve argument parsing

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 4cfb8f3a4a..84c616f180 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
 	struct ref *ref;
 	struct child_process *helper, exporter;
 	struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
-	struct string_list revlist_args = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	struct string_list revlist_args = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (!data->refspecs)
@@ -870,15 +870,10 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
 
 	write_constant(helper->in, "export\n");
 
-	strbuf_reset(&buf);
-
 	for (ref = remote_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		char *private;
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
 
-		if (ref->deletion)
-			die("remote-helpers do not support ref deletion");
-
 		private = apply_refspecs(data->refspecs, data->refspec_nr, ref->name);
 		if (private && !get_sha1(private, sha1)) {
 			strbuf_addf(&buf, "^%s", private);
@@ -888,15 +883,34 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
 		free(private);
 
 		if (ref->peer_ref) {
-			if (strcmp(ref->peer_ref->name, ref->name))
-				die("remote-helpers do not support old:new syntax");
-			string_list_append(&revlist_args, ref->peer_ref->name);
+			if (strcmp(ref->name, ref->peer_ref->name)) {
+				if (!ref->deletion) {
+					const char *name;
+					int flag;
+
+					/* Follow symbolic refs (mainly for HEAD). */
+					name = resolve_ref_unsafe(ref->peer_ref->name, sha1, 1, &flag);
+					if (!name || !(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
+						name = ref->peer_ref->name;
+
+					strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s:%s", name, ref->name);
+				} else
+					strbuf_addf(&buf, ":%s", ref->name);
+
+				string_list_append(&revlist_args, "--refspec");
+				string_list_append(&revlist_args, buf.buf);
+				strbuf_release(&buf);
+			}
+			if (!ref->deletion)
+				string_list_append(&revlist_args, ref->peer_ref->name);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (get_exporter(transport, &exporter, &revlist_args))
 		die("Couldn't run fast-export");
 
+	string_list_clear(&revlist_args, 1);
+
 	if (finish_command(&exporter))
 		die("Error while running fast-export");
 	if (push_update_refs_status(data, remote_refs, flags))