commit db3c293ecded67128b74a03f01e65c6799ff1116
author Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Wed Sep 02 14:05:39 2020 -0700
committer Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Wed Sep 02 14:26:55 2020 -0700
tree 6f6c6767953c0699421711dfe40867a54ce7971c
parent 9dfa8dbeee18a126aabcdd36a06e5d6b5eb6a58a

fetch: no FETCH_HEAD display if --no-write-fetch-head

887952b8c6 ("fetch: optionally allow disabling FETCH_HEAD update",
2020-08-18) introduced the ability to disable writing to FETCH_HEAD
during fetch, but did not suppress the "<source> -> FETCH_HEAD" message
when this ability is used. This message is misleading in this case,
because FETCH_HEAD is not written. Also, because "fetch" is used to
lazy-fetch missing objects in a partial clone, this significantly
clutters up the output in that case since the objects to be fetched are
potentially numerous.

Therefore, suppress this message when --no-write-fetch-head is passed
(but not when --dry-run is set).

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/fetch.c

diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 320ba94..c6c4689 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1023,11 +1023,17 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 				rc |= update_local_ref(ref, what, rm, &note,
 						       summary_width);
 				free(ref);
-			} else
+			} else if (write_fetch_head || dry_run) {
+				/*
+				 * Display fetches written to FETCH_HEAD (or
+				 * would be written to FETCH_HEAD, if --dry-run
+				 * is set).
+				 */
 				format_display(&note, '*',
 					       *kind ? kind : "branch", NULL,
 					       *what ? what : "HEAD",
 					       "FETCH_HEAD", summary_width);
+			}
 			if (note.len) {
 				if (verbosity >= 0 && !shown_url) {
 					fprintf(stderr, _("From %.*s\n"),