request-pull: use the branch description

Now we have branch descriptions stored in the repository, we can
use it when preparing the request-pull message.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index 438e7eb957dc3d206c4d1868415a4fd4802988b5..626cf2591ad4b01ca6c917e10b8be472929c0922 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,18 @@ do
        shift
 done
 
        shift
 done
 

-base=$1 url=$2 head=${3-HEAD} status=0
+base=$1 url=$2 head=${3-HEAD} status=0 branch_name=
+
+headref=$(git symbolic-ref -q "$head")
+if git show-ref -q --verify "$headref"
+then
+       branch_name=${headref#refs/heads/}
+       if test "z$branch_name" = "z$headref" ||
+               ! git config "branch.$branch_name.description" >/dev/null
+       then
+               branch_name=
+       fi
+fi

 
 test -n "$base" && test -n "$url" || usage
 baserev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$base"^0) &&
 
 test -n "$base" && test -n "$url" || usage
 baserev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$base"^0) &&


@@ -66,6 +77,13 @@ for you to fetch changes up to %H:
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------' $headrev &&
 
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------' $headrev &&
 

+if test -n "$branch_name"
+then
+       echo "(from the branch description for $branch local branch)"
+       echo
+       git config "branch.$branch_name.description"
+       echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
+fi &&

 git shortlog ^$baserev $headrev &&
 git diff -M --stat --summary $patch $merge_base..$headrev || status=1
 
 git shortlog ^$baserev $headrev &&
 git diff -M --stat --summary $patch $merge_base..$headrev || status=1