git subrepo branch --remote %parent_repo% --fetch --force

[elmpp]

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Thanks for this library - it's really helped me see into git machinations that have always scared me

I've a subrepo A. A is a fork of B. All pulls/pushes will be to A (and then synced by other processes A->B/B->A) so the meta file remains pointed to A (following initial subrepo clone)

However, for my project, i'm looking to compute the commit diffs from the subrepo with respect to B. Currently, i can very easily run git subrepo branch %package_path% --fetch --force and find the commit diffs using the ref subrepo/%package_path%/fetch against the branch head ref but this is for repo A obviously

I am wondering if there is any way to recreating the result of a --remote option on branch (or otherwise). This is the only repo B operation so am hoping to achieve my goal using command options rather that affecting the meta file

[elmpp]

friendly ping @admorgan @grimmySwe

[elmpp]

I'm wondering what's the best way to proceed here.

I could probably hack something together but it having a branch --remote maybe could be useful for other scenarios 🤷

[admorgan]

I am going to have to admit that I am having trouble visualizing what is going on here. subrepo fetch already supports a -b and -r option. It does not update your .gitrepo and does everything that you have requested as far as I can tell.