fix(unitproc/bktemp-initGitRepo):auto set upstream branch

[BK-2020-03.git] / unitproc / bktemp-initGitRepo

diff --git a/unitproc/bktemp-initGitRepo b/unitproc/bktemp-initGitRepo
index 4575dafcc4f5090368d3828541dab7d0d72d5b8e..10cfe4025606d9cc6663bccea95d63d574ec77db 100644 (file)
--- a/unitproc/bktemp-initGitRepo
+++ b/unitproc/bktemp-initGitRepo
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ initGitRepo() {
     #        arg2: repoDir
     #        arg3: remoteName
     #        arg4: branchName
-    # Version: 0.0.6
+    # Version: 0.0.9
     # Depends: checkURL() 0.0.2, yell(), Bash 5.0.3
     # Ref/Attrib: [1]: Test for space-less alphanuemric string. https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/416120
     #             [2]: Test for argument count. https://stackoverflow.com/q/18568706
     #             [3]: Test if dir is (in) git repository. https://stackoverflow.com/a/39518382
+    # Note: Pulls use '--ff-only' option which requires an upstream branch be set.
+    #   This can be done by using:
+    #     $ git branch --set-upstream-to origin/master master
+    # 
     #==BEGIN Validate input arguments==
     arg1="$1";
     arg2="$2";
@@ -71,8 +75,10 @@ initGitRepo() {
     fi;
     yell "STATUS:Adding $repoURL as remote $remoteName";
     git remote add "$remoteName" "$repoURL";
+    git branch --set-upstream-to "$remoteName"/"$branchName" "$branchName";
     yell "STATUS:Pulling branch $branchName from remote $remoteName";
-    git pull "$remoteName" "$branchName";
+    git pull --ff-only "$remoteName" "$branchName";
+    git fetch "$remoteName";
     unset repoURL repoDir remoteName branchName;
     popd || exit 1;
     #==END create and populate git repository==