feat: add `Repository::upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_b…

…ranch()`

It's a way to learn about the Remote and upstream branch which would
match the given local tracking branch.

gix/src/repository/config/branch.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use gix_ref::{FullName, FullNameRef};
 use crate::bstr::BStr;
 use crate::config::cache::util::ApplyLeniencyDefault;
 use crate::config::tree::{Branch, Push};
-use crate::repository::{branch_remote_ref_name, branch_remote_tracking_ref_name};
+use crate::repository::{
+    branch_remote_ref_name, branch_remote_tracking_ref_name, upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_branch,
+};
 use crate::{push, remote};
 
 /// Query configuration related to branches.
@@ -20,19 +22,18 @@ impl crate::Repository {
         self.subsection_str_names_of("branch")
     }
 
-    /// Returns the validated reference on the remote associated with the given `name`,
+    /// Returns the validated reference name of the upstream branch on the remote associated with the given `name`,
     /// which will be used when *merging*.
-    /// The returned value corresponds to the `branch.<short_branch_name>.merge` configuration key.
+    /// The returned value corresponds to the `branch.<short_branch_name>.merge` configuration key for [`remote::Direction::Fetch`].
+    /// For the [push direction](`remote::Direction::Push`) the Git configuration is used for a variety of different outcomes,
+    /// similar to what would happen when running `git push <name>`.
     ///
-    /// Returns `None` if there is no value at the given key, or if no remote or remote ref is configured.
-    /// May return an error if the reference name to be returned is invalid.
+    /// Returns `None` if there is nothing configured, or if no remote or remote ref is configured.
     ///
     /// ### Note
     ///
-    /// This name refers to what Git calls upstream branch (as opposed to upstream *tracking* branch).
+    /// The returned name refers to what Git calls upstream branch (as opposed to upstream *tracking* branch).
     /// The value is also fast to retrieve compared to its tracking branch.
-    /// Also note that a [remote::Direction] isn't used here as Git only supports (and requires) configuring
-    /// the remote to fetch from, not the one to push to.
     ///
     /// See also [`Reference::remote_ref_name()`](crate::Reference::remote_ref_name()).
     #[doc(alias = "branch_upstream_name", alias = "git2")]
@@ -125,6 +126,73 @@ impl crate::Repository {
             .map(|res| res.map_err(Into::into))
     }
 
+    /// Given a local `tracking_branch` name, find the remote that maps to it along with the name of the branch on
+    /// the side of the remote, also called upstream branch.
+    ///
+    /// Return `Ok(None)` if there is no remote with fetch-refspecs that would match `tracking_branch` on the right-hand side,
+    /// or `Err` if the matches were ambiguous.
+    ///
+    /// ### Limitations
+    ///
+    /// A single valid mapping is required as fine-grained matching isn't implemented yet. This means that
+    pub fn upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch(
+        &self,
+        tracking_branch: &FullNameRef,
+    ) -> Result<Option<(FullName, crate::Remote<'_>)>, upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_branch::Error> {
+        use upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_branch::Error;
+        if tracking_branch.category() != Some(gix_ref::Category::RemoteBranch) {
+            return Err(Error::BranchCategory {
+                full_name: tracking_branch.to_owned(),
+            });
+        }
+
+        let null = self.object_hash().null();
+        let item_to_search = gix_refspec::match_group::Item {
+            full_ref_name: tracking_branch.as_bstr(),
+            target: &null,
+            object: None,
+        };
+        let mut candidates = Vec::new();
+        let mut ambiguous_remotes = Vec::new();
+        for remote_name in self.remote_names() {
+            let remote = self.find_remote(remote_name.as_ref())?;
+            let match_group = gix_refspec::MatchGroup::from_fetch_specs(
+                remote
+                    .refspecs(remote::Direction::Fetch)
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|spec| spec.to_ref()),
+            );
+            let out = match_group.match_rhs(Some(item_to_search).into_iter());
+            match &out.mappings[..] {
+                [] => {}
+                [one] => candidates.push((remote.clone(), one.lhs.clone().into_owned())),
+                [..] => ambiguous_remotes.push(remote),
+            }
+        }
+
+        if candidates.len() == 1 {
+            let (remote, candidate) = candidates.pop().expect("just checked for one entry");
+            let upstream_branch = match candidate {
+                gix_refspec::match_group::SourceRef::FullName(name) => gix_ref::FullName::try_from(name.into_owned())?,
+                gix_refspec::match_group::SourceRef::ObjectId(_) => {
+                    unreachable!("Such a reverse mapping isn't ever produced")
+                }
+            };
+            return Ok(Some((upstream_branch, remote)));
+        }
+        if ambiguous_remotes.len() + candidates.len() > 1 {
+            return Err(Error::AmbiguousRemotes {
+                remotes: ambiguous_remotes
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|r| r.name)
+                    .chain(candidates.into_iter().map(|(r, _)| r.name))
+                    .flatten()
+                    .collect(),
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the unvalidated name of the remote associated with the given `short_branch_name`,
     /// typically `main` instead of `refs/heads/main`.
     /// In some cases, the returned name will be an URL.

gix/src/repository/mod.rs

@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ pub mod index_from_tree {
 
 ///
 pub mod branch_remote_ref_name {
-
     /// The error returned by [Repository::branch_remote_ref_name()](crate::Repository::branch_remote_ref_name()).
     #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
@@ -346,7 +345,6 @@ pub mod branch_remote_ref_name {
 
 ///
 pub mod branch_remote_tracking_ref_name {
-
     /// The error returned by [Repository::branch_remote_tracking_ref_name()](crate::Repository::branch_remote_tracking_ref_name()).
     #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
@@ -360,6 +358,25 @@ pub mod branch_remote_tracking_ref_name {
     }
 }
 
+///
+pub mod upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_branch {
+    /// The error returned by [Repository::upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_branch()](crate::Repository::upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch()).
+    #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    pub enum Error {
+        #[error("The input branch '{}' needs to be a remote tracking branch", full_name.as_bstr())]
+        BranchCategory { full_name: gix_ref::FullName },
+        #[error(transparent)]
+        FindRemote(#[from] crate::remote::find::existing::Error),
+        #[error("Found ambiguous remotes without 1:1 mapping or more than one match: {}", remotes.iter()
+                                                                            .map(|r| r.as_bstr().to_string())
+                                                                            .collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", "))]
+        AmbiguousRemotes { remotes: Vec<crate::remote::Name<'static>> },
+        #[error(transparent)]
+        ValidateUpstreamBranch(#[from] gix_ref::name::Error),
+    }
+}
+
 ///
 #[cfg(feature = "attributes")]
 pub mod pathspec_defaults_ignore_case {

gix/src/repository/worktree.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ impl crate::Repository {
     /// Note that these need additional processing to become usable, but provide a first glimpse a typical worktree information.
     pub fn worktrees(&self) -> std::io::Result<Vec<worktree::Proxy<'_>>> {
         let mut res = Vec::new();
-        let iter = match std::fs::read_dir(dbg!(self.common_dir()).join("worktrees")) {
+        let iter = match std::fs::read_dir(self.common_dir().join("worktrees")) {
             Ok(iter) => iter,
             Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Ok(res),
             Err(err) => return Err(err),

gix/tests/fixtures/make_remote_config_repos.sh

@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ git clone fetch multiple-remotes
   git remote add with/two/slashes ../fetch && git fetch with/two/slashes
   git remote add with/two ../fetch && git fetch with/two
 
+  # add a specialised refspec mapping
+  git config --add remote.with/two.fetch +refs/heads/special:refs/remotes/with/two/special
+  # make sure the ref exists
+  cp .git/refs/remotes/with/two/main .git/refs/remotes/with/two/special
+  # show Git can checkout such an ambiguous refspec
+  git checkout -b track-special with/two/special
   git checkout -b main --track origin/main
   git checkout -b other-main --track other/main
 )

gix/tests/gix/repository/config/remote.rs

@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ mod branch_remote {
                 .as_bstr(),
             "refs/remotes/remote_repo/main"
         );
+        let (upstream, remote_name) = repo
+            .upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch("refs/remotes/remote_repo/main".try_into()?)?
+            .expect("mapping exists");
+        assert_eq!(upstream.as_bstr(), "refs/heads/main");
+        assert_eq!(
+            remote_name.name().expect("non-anonymous remote").as_bstr(),
+            "remote_repo"
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            repo.upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch("refs/remotes/missing-remote/main".try_into()?)?,
+            None,
+            "It's OK to find nothing"
+        );
+
         for direction in [remote::Direction::Fetch, remote::Direction::Push] {
             assert_eq!(
                 repo.branch_remote_name("main", direction)
@@ -145,6 +160,41 @@ mod branch_remote {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn upstream_branch_and_remote_name_for_tracking_branch() -> crate::Result {
+        let repo = repo("multiple-remotes")?;
+        for expected_remote_name in ["other", "with/two"] {
+            let (upstream, remote) = repo
+                .upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch(
+                    format!("refs/remotes/{expected_remote_name}/main")
+                        .as_str()
+                        .try_into()?,
+                )?
+                .expect("mapping exists");
+            assert_eq!(remote.name().expect("named remote").as_bstr(), expected_remote_name);
+            assert_eq!(upstream.as_bstr(), "refs/heads/main");
+        }
+        let err = repo
+            .upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch("refs/remotes/with/two/slashes/main".try_into()?)
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            err.to_string(),
+            "Found ambiguous remotes without 1:1 mapping or more than one match: with/two, with/two/slashes",
+            "we aren't very specific report an error just like Git does in case of multi-remote ambiguity"
+        );
+
+        let (upstream, remote) = repo
+            .upstream_branch_and_remote_for_tracking_branch("refs/remotes/with/two/special".try_into()?)?
+            .expect("mapping exists");
+        assert_eq!(remote.name().expect("non-anonymous remote").as_bstr(), "with/two");
+        assert_eq!(
+            upstream.as_bstr(),
+            "refs/heads/special",
+            "it finds a single mapping even though there are two refspecs"
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn push_default() -> crate::Result {
         let repo = repo("fetch")?;