rust-lang / rust-lang/josh-sync

Check that the current HEAD is reasonable when doing a push

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Description

I accidentally started a push from a main that wasn't the upstream main, and just barely realized because I clicked the link in the PR description and got the "This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository" warning. Maybe we could check that the current local commit exists on the remote's default branch, and error if not?

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Start by tracing the push operation and how the remote's default branch is determined, then reproduce the case where local HEAD is not on that branch. Done means the push reports an error for that situation and proceeds normally when the commit exists on the remote default branch.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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