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Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856059]

Thu, 17 November 2022 12:31

Eclipse User

Hi

I'm pretty sure that a few versions ago (maybe two Eclipse distributions ago?) when I created a new local branch and I pushed that to the remote, Egit would push it to a new remote branch with the same name of the newly created branch.

This does not happen anymore. This way, it happens quite often that I create a new branch locally and when I push it I push it to the remote master.

How could I restore the old behavior?

thanks in advance

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856060 is a reply to message #1856059]

Thu, 17 November 2022 13:57

Eclipse User

I think you'll need to detail exactly what you're doing. I create local branches quite often, and they map to the remote with a branch of the same name.

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856064 is a reply to message #1856060]

Fri, 18 November 2022 02:58

Eclipse User

David, I'm not doing anything special. Let's say I'm on the master branch, from Eclipse I create a new branch, say "experiments", and switch to that branch. I create a commit on "experiments" and then I push: it pushes "experiments" to "master", instead of pushing on a new remote branch "experiments". This has been happening since a few versions ago. I should have reported earlier but I forgot I'm afraid. Before, it used to push to a new remote branch "experiments"

Maybe I should somehow update my git configuration? But I haven't changed anything in that respect, and it happens with all my Git repositories.

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856267 is a reply to message #1856064]

Wed, 30 November 2022 04:24

Eclipse User

There have been changes in the push implementation in EGit, yes. But they should not have changed that, I think.

How exactly do you create the branch, and how exactly do you push? Which menu command or button do you use? How does the branch configuration in .git/config for that new branch look, and how does the remote config look?

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856275 is a reply to message #1856267]

Wed, 30 November 2022 11:14

Eclipse User

Let's say I'm on the master branch. From the "History" view I right-click and select "Create Branch..." (I also select to checkout the new branch). If I then push the branch, e.g., with "Push Head..." from the "Staging" view or from the "Git Repositories" view ("Push <name of the branch>...") the dialog, by default, proposes to push to the "master" branch.

The config looks like that

[branch "<name of new branch>"]
	remote = origin
	merge = refs/heads/<name of new branch>
	rebase = false

So there's no push configuration

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856306 is a reply to message #1856275]

Thu, 01 December 2022 16:25

Eclipse User

I cannot reproduce this. Could you show the remote config for origin, please? (The [remote "origin"] section in .git/config.)

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856307 is a reply to message #1856306]

Thu, 01 December 2022 16:45

Eclipse User

Here's an example (but I experience the same in all my cloned repos)

[remote "origin"]
	url = git@github.com:eclipse-emf-parsley/emf-parsley.git
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856327 is a reply to message #1856307]

Sat, 03 December 2022 07:24

Eclipse User

No idea. I don't see anything in the code that would cause this, and I cannot reproduce this. This would need debugging with your exact setup to figure out what's going on. (I tried with the "Push Branch 'xxx'... dialog. That would be org.eclipse.egit.internal.ui.push.PushBranchPage.)

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856328 is a reply to message #1856327]

Sat, 03 December 2022 07:31

Eclipse User

What could be special in my setup? This happens with all my repositories.. what's the exact git config in your case?
Could it be due to the fact I clone my repos from the command line?
Should I have specific push configuration?

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856341 is a reply to message #1856328]

Mon, 05 December 2022 02:07

Eclipse User

Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Sat, 03 December 2022 12:31

What could be special in my setup?

I don't know. Which is why I wrote this would need debugging.
Quote:

This happens with all my repositories.. what's the exact git config in your case?

Same as yours, nothing special.
Quote:

Could it be due to the fact I clone my repos from the command line?

Maybe. I doubt it, but I don't know.
Quote:

Should I have specific push configuration?

No. What you've shown looks perfectly normal and should work. (And does work for me.)

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856645 is a reply to message #1856341]

Tue, 20 December 2022 12:40

Eclipse User

I'll try to summarize the steps that reproduce my problem. (I get the same problem both on Linux, macOS and Windows):

Downloaded the Eclipse distribution for Java developers

- on a brand new workspace I "Import from Git",
- I clone this repository https://github.com/LorenzoBettini/maven-bank-example selecting only "master"
- imported from the cloned repo the single project
- from the git history I right-click on the "master" branch and create a new branch "example" (leaving all the defaults)

Screenshot:
https://ibb.co/nbkJnKw

- on the "Git Repositories" view I right click and select "Push Branch 'example'"

Screenshot:
https://ibb.co/zXf6R6y

- and it proposes to push to "master" INSTEAD OF "example"

Screenshot:
https://ibb.co/mcycWC4

- having a look at the configuration in the Git preferences the "example" branch is set to merge with "master"

Screenshot:
https://ibb.co/xhsf20F

This drives me mad... what am I doing wrong?

[Updated on: Tue, 20 December 2022 12:41] by Moderator

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856674 is a reply to message #1856645]

Thu, 22 December 2022 02:01

Eclipse User

Uncheck "Configure upstream branch for push and pull".

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856677 is a reply to message #1856674]

Thu, 22 December 2022 03:37

Eclipse User

Thanks!
I was about to answer myself because I had found out that myself.
Maybe I'm picky, but that shows that the default behavior HAS changed...

Re: Behavior changed when pushing a new branch? [message #1856691 is a reply to message #1856677]

Thu, 22 December 2022 17:51

Eclipse User

At least neither the behavior of that checkbox nor the "Push branch 'xxx'" behavior seems to have changed. I just discovered that I still had an age-old Eclipse with an age-old EGit around, and surprisingly it even still started: I see the exact same behavior in EGit 4.10 as in EGit 6.2 or EGit nightly. I also see no recent code changes in that dialog or in the component for that checkbox. ("Recent" meaning within the past three years).

If there is a change, I must have a blind spot.

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