Be git-describe friendly.

This patch tags commits on the original (release/hotfix branch) instead
of tagging the merge commit on the master branch.  This keeps the
history git-describe friendly.  (For related discussions, see nvie#49, nvie#85,

AUTHORS

@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ Authors are (ordered by first commit date):
 - Emre Berge Ergenekon
 - Eric Holmes
 - Vedang Manerikar
+- Myke Hines
 
 Portions derived from other open source works are clearly marked.

README.mdown

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Showing your appreciation
 A few people already requested it, so now it's here: a Flattr button.
 
 Of course, the best way to show your appreciation for the original
-[blog post](http://nvie.com/git-model) or the git-flow tool itself remains
+[blog post](http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/) or the git-flow tool itself remains
 contributing to the community.  If you'd like to show your appreciation in
 another way, however, consider Flattr'ing me:
 

contrib/msysgit-install.cmd

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ goto :End
 :ChkGetopt
 :: %1 is getopt.exe
 if exist "%GIT_HOME%\bin\%1" goto :EOF
+if exist "%USERPROFILE%\bin\%1" goto :EOF
 if exist "%~f$PATH:1" goto :EOF
 echo %GIT_HOME%\bin\%1 not found.>&2
 echo You have to install this file manually. See the GitFlow README.

git-flow

@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ main() {
 	fi
 
 	# run the specified action
-	cmd_$SUBACTION "$@"
+  if [ $SUBACTION != "help" ]; then
+    init
+  fi
+  cmd_$SUBACTION "$@"
 }
 
 main "$@"

git-flow-feature

@@ -36,15 +36,17 @@
 # policies, either expressed or implied, of Vincent Driessen.
 #
 
-require_git_repo
-require_gitflow_initialized
-gitflow_load_settings
-PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.feature)
+init() {
+  require_git_repo
+  require_gitflow_initialized
+  gitflow_load_settings
+  PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.feature)
+}
 
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: git flow feature [list] [-v]"
 	echo "       git flow feature start [-F] <name> [<base>]"
-	echo "       git flow feature finish [-rFkD] [<name|nameprefix>]"
+	echo "       git flow feature finish [-rFkDS] [<name|nameprefix>]"
 	echo "       git flow feature publish <name>"
 	echo "       git flow feature track <name>"
 	echo "       git flow feature diff [<name|nameprefix>]"
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ cmd_finish() {
 	DEFINE_boolean rebase false "rebase instead of merge" r
 	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean force_delete false "force delete feature branch after finish" D
+	DEFINE_boolean squash false "squash feature during merge" S
 	parse_args "$@"
 	expand_nameprefix_arg_or_current
 
@@ -312,7 +315,13 @@ cmd_finish() {
 	if [ "$(git rev-list -n2 "$DEVELOP_BRANCH..$BRANCH" | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]; then
 		git merge --ff "$BRANCH"
 	else
-		git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH"
+		if noflag squash; then
+		    git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH"
+		else
+			git merge --squash "$BRANCH"
+			git commit
+			git merge "$BRANCH"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -507,7 +516,7 @@ cmd_pull() {
 				exit 1
 			fi
 		else
-			it pull -q "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH" || die "Failed to pull from remote '$REMOTE'."
+			git pull -q "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH" || die "Failed to pull from remote '$REMOTE'."
 		fi
 
 		echo "Pulled $REMOTE's changes into $BRANCH."

git-flow-hotfix

@@ -36,17 +36,20 @@
 # policies, either expressed or implied, of Vincent Driessen.
 #
 
-require_git_repo
-require_gitflow_initialized
-gitflow_load_settings
-VERSION_PREFIX=$(eval "echo `git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag`")
-PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.hotfix)
+init() {
+  require_git_repo
+  require_gitflow_initialized
+  gitflow_load_settings
+  VERSION_PREFIX=$(eval "echo `git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag`")
+  PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.hotfix)
+}
 
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: git flow hotfix [list] [-v]"
 	echo "       git flow hotfix start [-F] <version> [<base>]"
 	echo "       git flow hotfix finish [-Fsumpk] <version>"
 	echo "       git flow hotfix publish <version>"
+	echo "       git flow hotfix track <version>"
 }
 
 cmd_default() {
@@ -216,11 +219,32 @@ cmd_publish() {
 	echo
 }
 
+cmd_track() {
+	parse_args "$@"
+	require_version_arg
+
+	# sanity checks
+	require_clean_working_tree
+	require_branch_absent "$BRANCH"
+	git fetch -q "$ORIGIN"
+	require_branch "$ORIGIN/$BRANCH"
+
+	# create tracking branch
+	git checkout -b "$BRANCH" "$ORIGIN/$BRANCH"
+
+	echo
+	echo "Summary of actions:"
+	echo "- A new remote tracking branch '$BRANCH' was created"
+	echo "- You are now on branch '$BRANCH'"
+	echo
+}
+
 cmd_finish() {
 	DEFINE_boolean fetch false "fetch from $ORIGIN before performing finish" F
 	DEFINE_boolean sign false "sign the release tag cryptographically" s
 	DEFINE_string signingkey "" "use the given GPG-key for the digital signature (implies -s)" u
 	DEFINE_string message "" "use the given tag message" m
+	DEFINE_string messagefile "" "use the contents of the given file as tag message" f
 	DEFINE_boolean push false "push to $ORIGIN after performing finish" p
 	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean notag false "don't tag this release" n
@@ -269,6 +293,7 @@ cmd_finish() {
 			flag sign && opts="$opts -s"
 			[ "$FLAGS_signingkey" != "" ] && opts="$opts -u '$FLAGS_signingkey'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_message" != "" ] && opts="$opts -m '$FLAGS_message'"
+			[ "$FLAGS_messagefile" != "" ] && opts="$opts -F '$FLAGS_messagefile'"
 			eval git tag $opts "$VERSION_PREFIX$VERSION" "$BRANCH" || \
 			die "Tagging failed. Please run finish again to retry."
 		fi

git-flow-init

@@ -153,11 +153,17 @@ cmd_default() {
 			default_suggestion=
 			for guess in $(git config --get gitflow.branch.develop) \
 			             'develop' 'int' 'integration' 'master'; do
-				if git_local_branch_exists "$guess"; then
+				if git_local_branch_exists "$guess" && [ "$guess" != "$master_branch" ]; then
 					default_suggestion="$guess"
 					break
 				fi
 			done
+
+			if [ -z $default_suggestion ]; then
+				should_check_existence=NO
+				default_suggestion=$(git config --get gitflow.branch.develop || echo develop)
+			fi
+
 		fi
 
 		printf "Branch name for \"next release\" development: [$default_suggestion] "

git-flow-release

@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@
 # policies, either expressed or implied, of Vincent Driessen.
 #
 
-require_git_repo
-require_gitflow_initialized
-gitflow_load_settings
-VERSION_PREFIX=$(eval "echo `git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag`")
-PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.release)
+init() {
+  require_git_repo
+  require_gitflow_initialized
+  gitflow_load_settings
+  VERSION_PREFIX=$(eval "echo `git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag`")
+  PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.release)
+}
 
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: git flow release [list] [-v]"
 	echo "       git flow release start [-F] <version> [<base>]"
-	echo "       git flow release finish [-Fsumpk] <version>"
+	echo "       git flow release finish [-FsumpkS] <version>"
 	echo "       git flow release publish <name>"
 	echo "       git flow release track <name>"
 }
@@ -190,9 +192,11 @@ cmd_finish() {
 	DEFINE_boolean sign false "sign the release tag cryptographically" s
 	DEFINE_string signingkey "" "use the given GPG-key for the digital signature (implies -s)" u
 	DEFINE_string message "" "use the given tag message" m
+	DEFINE_string messagefile "" "use the contents of the given file as a tag message" f
 	DEFINE_boolean push false "push to $ORIGIN after performing finish" p
 	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean notag false "don't tag this release" n
+	DEFINE_boolean squash false "squash release during merge" S
 
 	parse_args "$@"
 	require_version_arg
@@ -224,9 +228,15 @@ cmd_finish() {
 	if ! git_is_branch_merged_into "$BRANCH" "$MASTER_BRANCH"; then
 		git checkout "$MASTER_BRANCH" || \
 		  die "Could not check out $MASTER_BRANCH."
-		git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
-		  die "There were merge conflicts."
-		  # TODO: What do we do now?
+		if noflag squash; then
+			git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+				# TODO: What do we do now?
+		else
+			git merge --squash "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+			git commit
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if noflag notag; then
@@ -239,6 +249,7 @@ cmd_finish() {
 			flag sign && opts="$opts -s"
 			[ "$FLAGS_signingkey" != "" ] && opts="$opts -u '$FLAGS_signingkey'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_message" != "" ] && opts="$opts -m '$FLAGS_message'"
+			[ "$FLAGS_messagefile" != "" ] && opts="$opts -F '$FLAGS_messagefile'"
 			eval git tag $opts "$tagname" "$BRANCH" || \
 			die "Tagging failed. Please run finish again to retry."
 		fi
@@ -253,9 +264,16 @@ cmd_finish() {
 
 		# TODO: Actually, accounting for 'git describe' pays, so we should
 		# ideally git merge --no-ff $tagname here, instead!
-		git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
-		  die "There were merge conflicts."
-		  # TODO: What do we do now?
+		if noflag squash; then
+			git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+				# TODO: What do we do now?
+		else
+			git merge --squash "$BRANCH" || \
+				die "There were merge conflicts."
+				# TODO: What do we do now?
+			git commit
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# delete branch

git-flow-support

@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@
 # policies, either expressed or implied, of Vincent Driessen.
 #
 
-require_git_repo
-require_gitflow_initialized
-gitflow_load_settings
-VERSION_PREFIX=$(eval "echo `git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag`")
-PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.support)
+init() {
+  require_git_repo
+  require_gitflow_initialized
+  gitflow_load_settings
+  VERSION_PREFIX=$(eval "echo `git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag`")
+  PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.support)
+}
 
 warn "note: The support subcommand is still very EXPERIMENTAL!"
 warn "note: DO NOT use it in a production situation."