rev-parse: rev-parse: add --is-shallow-repository
Running `git fetch --unshallow` on a repo that is not in fact shallow
produces a fatal error message. Add a helper to rev-parse that scripters
can use to determine whether a repo is shallow or not.
Signed-off-by: Øystein Walle <oystwa@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index c78b7b3..44e9a48 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -868,6 +868,11 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
: "false");
continue;
}
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "--is-shallow-repository")) {
+ printf("%s\n", is_repository_shallow() ? "true"
+ : "false");
+ continue;
+ }
if (!strcmp(arg, "--shared-index-path")) {
if (read_cache() < 0)
die(_("Could not read the index"));
