docs: Clarify what 'enter' does.

[code/vcsh.git] / vcsh

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 18faf4c16dd6bfef4b97eb86029e5ea83f9134c2..ff0ec2bb4d59bc60c301429ebf38d24d4fc75e65 100755 (executable)
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ help() {
    commit               Commit in all repositories
    delete <repo>        Delete an existing repository
    enter <repo>         Enter repository; spawn new instance of \$SHELL
+                        with \$GIT_DIR set.
+   foreach [<-g>]
+     <git command>      Execute a command for every repository
    help                 Display this help text
    init <repo>          Initialize a new repository
    list                 List all repositories
@@ -160,7 +163,12 @@ clone() {
   You should add files to your new repository."
                exit
        fi
-       git fetch origin "$VCSH_BRANCH"
+       GIT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(git --version | sed -n 's/.* \([0-9]\)\..*/\1/p' )
+       if [ 1 -lt "$GIT_VERSION_MAJOR" ];then
+               git fetch origin "$VCSH_BRANCH"
+       else
+               git fetch origin
+       fi
        hook pre-merge
        git ls-tree -r --name-only origin/"$VCSH_BRANCH" | (while read object; do
                [ -e "$object" ] &&
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ commit() {
                echo "$VCSH_REPO_NAME: "
                GIT_DIR=$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git; export GIT_DIR
                use
-               git commit --untracked-files=no --quiet
+               git commit --untracked-files=no --quiet $@
                VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
                echo
        done
@@ -218,11 +226,21 @@ enter() {
 
 foreach() {
        hook pre-foreach
+
+       # We default to prefixing `git` to all commands passed to foreach, but
+       # allow running in general context with -g
+       command_prefix=git
+       while getopts "g" flag; do
+               if [ x"$1" = x'-g' ]; then
+                       unset command_prefix
+               fi
+               shift 1
+       done
        for VCSH_REPO_NAME in $(list); do
                echo "$VCSH_REPO_NAME:"
                GIT_DIR=$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git; export GIT_DIR
                use
-               git "$@"
+               $command_prefix "$@"
        done
        hook post-foreach
 }
@@ -459,14 +477,21 @@ write_gitignore() {
 
        use
        cd "$VCSH_BASE" || fatal "could not enter '$VCSH_BASE'" 11
+       local GIT_VERSION="$(git --version)"
+       local GIT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(echo $GIT_VERSION | sed -n 's/.* \([0-9]\)\..*/\1/p')
+       local GIT_VERSION_MINOR=$(echo $GIT_VERSION | sed -n 's/.* \([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\)\..*/\2/p')
        OLDIFS=$IFS
        IFS=$(printf '\n\t')
        gitignores=$(for file in $(git ls-files); do
-               while true; do
-                       echo "$file"; new=${file%/*}
-                       [ x"$file" = x"$new" ] && break
-                       file=$new
-               done;
+               if [ $GIT_VERSION_MAJOR -ge 2 -a $GIT_VERSION_MINOR -ge 7 ]; then
+                       echo "$file";
+               else
+                       while true; do
+                               echo "$file"; new=${file%/*}
+                               [ x"$file" = x"$new" ] && break
+                               file=$new
+                       done;
+               fi
        done | sort -u)
 
        # Contrary to GNU mktemp, mktemp on BSD/OSX requires a template for temp files