[PATCH] dim: Disallow remote branch deletions with 'dim push'

[Dixit, Ashutosh]

On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:16:20 -0700, Jani Nikula wrote:
>
> On Thu, 01 Jun 2023, Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit at intel.com> wrote:
> > An inadvertent 'dim push -d' can delete remote branches. Disallow such
> > remote branch deletions.
>
> Please see https://drm.pages.freedesktop.org/maintainer-tools/CONTRIBUTING.html
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  dim | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/dim b/dim
> > index 126568e..e5899e6 100755
> > --- a/dim
> > +++ b/dim
> > @@ -1029,6 +1029,12 @@ function dim_push_branch
> >		fi
> >	fi
> >
> > +	# Disallow remote branch deletions, say with 'dim push -d'
> > +	if [[ "$@" == *"-d"* ]]; then
> > +		echoerr "Attempt to delete remote branch, aborting."
> > +		return 1
> > +	fi
>
> I'm working on adding a server side git pre-receive hook to tackle this
> too, but I guess there's no harm in adding this. The choice of -d for
> dry run was unfortunate, and this helps with the 'dim -d foo' vs 'dim
> foo -d' mistake.

Yup, understood. I thought I'd just send out the patch anyway in case it
was useful.

I have created a merge request for the patch here:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/maintainer-tools/-/merge_requests/21

Thanks.
--
Ashutosh

> > +
> >	git_push $remote $branch "$@"
> >
> >	update_linux_next $branch drm-intel-next drm-intel-next-fixes drm-intel-fixes
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center