* at least with git 2.6.3 I see git request-pull failing
when there is only :{BRANCH} as ending commit
* $ git request-pull origin/dizzy git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib jansa/dizzy-backports:jansa/dizzy-backports
The following changes since commit
7bb182bdd130266100fc541fd09b82d09c51cd80:
build-appliance-image: Update to dizzy head revision (2015-09-29 14:56:04 +0100)
...
And finds correct 7 changes there
* $ git request-pull origin/dizzy git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib :jansa/dizzy-backports
warn: No match for commit
6068d1c90336ddc1fb32856efd1d9ccf07733896 found at git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib
warn: Are you sure you pushed 'jansa/dizzy-backports' there?
The following changes since commit
97756472d3a69eaca95d105494ffea78c6b077e0:
build-appliance-image: Update to dizzy head revision (2014-10-18 16:16:27 +0200)
...
and lists all commits in _current_ branch since origin/dizzy, then it refuses
to continue, because there are too many changes.
*
6068d1c90336ddc1fb32856efd1d9ccf07733896 is this commit in jansa/master-submitted
branch so it really shouldn't be included in pull request from jansa/dizzy branch.
* git help says:
<end>
Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD). This names the commit at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled.
When the repository named by <url> has the commit at a tip of a ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use
the <local>:<remote> syntax, to have its local name, a colon :, and its remote name.
* maybe the syntax got changes since git 2.1.0 when Saul added :${BRANCH}
* I haven't found how to respect ${COMMIT_ID in the new syntax
Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>