Adjust js/remote-improvements and db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-middle

The latter topic changes the definition of how refspec's src and dst side
is stored in-core; it used to be that the asterisk for pattern was
omitted, but now it is included.  The former topic handcrafts an old style
refspec to feed the refspec matching machinery that lacks the asterisk and
triggers an error.

This resolves the semantic clash between the two topics early before they
need to be merged to integration branches.

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

Documentation/git-remote.txt

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
 'git remote rm' <name>
+'git remote set-head' <name> [-a | -d | <branch>]
 'git remote show' [-n] <name>
 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
 'git remote update' [group]
@@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ is created.  You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
 multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
 +
 With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
-up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
-branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
+up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
 +
 In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
 in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'.  This option
@@ -76,6 +76,30 @@ the configuration file format.
 Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
 
+'set-head'::
+
+Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for
+the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,
+but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific
+branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
+`master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
+specify `origin/master`.
++
+With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
++
+With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then
+`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
+`HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set
+`$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will
+only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be
+fetched first.
++
+Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git
+remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to
+`refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if
+`refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first.
++
+
 'show'::
 
 Gives some information about the remote <name>.

Makefile

@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ GIT-CFLAGS: .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
 GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: .FORCE-GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 	@echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@
 	@echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@
+	@echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@
 
 ### Detect Tck/Tk interpreter path changes
 ifndef NO_TCLTK

builtin-clone.c

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "pack-refs.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
+#include "remote.h"
 
 /*
  * Overall FIXMEs:
@@ -293,43 +294,6 @@ static void remove_junk_on_signal(int signo)
 	raise(signo);
 }
 
-static const struct ref *locate_head(const struct ref *refs,
-				     const struct ref *mapped_refs,
-				     const struct ref **remote_head_p)
-{
-	const struct ref *remote_head = NULL;
-	const struct ref *remote_master = NULL;
-	const struct ref *r;
-	for (r = refs; r; r = r->next)
-		if (!strcmp(r->name, "HEAD"))
-			remote_head = r;
-
-	for (r = mapped_refs; r; r = r->next)
-		if (!strcmp(r->name, "refs/heads/master"))
-			remote_master = r;
-
-	if (remote_head_p)
-		*remote_head_p = remote_head;
-
-	/* If there's no HEAD value at all, never mind. */
-	if (!remote_head)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* If refs/heads/master could be right, it is. */
-	if (remote_master && !hashcmp(remote_master->old_sha1,
-				      remote_head->old_sha1))
-		return remote_master;
-
-	/* Look for another ref that points there */
-	for (r = mapped_refs; r; r = r->next)
-		if (r != remote_head &&
-		    !hashcmp(r->old_sha1, remote_head->old_sha1))
-			return r;
-
-	/* Nothing is the same */
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static struct ref *write_remote_refs(const struct ref *refs,
 		struct refspec *refspec, const char *reflog)
 {
@@ -546,7 +510,8 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
 
-		head_points_at = locate_head(refs, mapped_refs, &remote_head);
+		remote_head = find_ref_by_name(refs, "HEAD");
+		head_points_at = guess_remote_head(remote_head, mapped_refs, 0);
 	}
 	else {
 		warning("You appear to have cloned an empty repository.");