Gracefully handle branch not having an upstream

[sindresorhus]

~/dev/boxen tmp
❯ np patch --any-branch              
 ✔ Prerequisite check
 ❯ Git
   ✔ Check local working tree
   ✖ Check remote history
   Cleanup
   Installing dependencies
   Running tests
   Bumping version
   Publishing package
   Pushing tags

Command failed: git rev-list --count --left-only @{u}...HEAD
fatal: no upstream configured for branch 'tmp'

The above should not fail. The task should just be marked as skipped.

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[DylanPiercey]

@sindresorhus you could also default upstream to master.

git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master

[SamVerschueren]

@sindresorhus What happens if you push the changes to git without upstream? Does it work?

[sindresorhus]

@SamVerschueren No:

❯ git push
fatal: No configured push destination.
Either specify the URL from the command-line or configure a remote repository using

    git remote add <name> <url>

and then push using the remote name

    git push <name>

[sindresorhus]

@DylanPiercey I don't want to default to master. Let's say I have a local repo with no upstream, that I want to publish to a private npm account.

[SamVerschueren]

@sindresorhus So this means that the git push should also be skipped?

[sindresorhus]

Hmm, yeah. Maybe this is too much of an edge-case?

[SamVerschueren]

Let's say I have a local repo with no upstream, that I want to publish to a private npm account.

If that is your use case and this would fix it, don't see any problem of adding that check.

[jamestalmage]

IMO, if we do this, we should guard against accidental use in some way.

I can totally see myself cranking out a quick small module and forgetting to setup the GH repo.

We could either:

1. require the --force flag be used (or similar).
2. only allow it for scoped packages (which would cover the private npm use case).

[gmcdev]

Did any resolution come out of this?

[franciscop]

I am facing the same issue while trying to push from my branch plugins to a prerelease 1.0.0-alpha.1:

✔ Prerequisite check
 ❯ Git
   ✔ Check local working tree
   ✖ Check remote history
     → fatal: no upstream configured for branch 'plugins'

I do have a master and use that for the stable versions, while I am using the branches for prereleases. This way any big bug can be fixed easily and quickly from master (master is always clean and production ready), while I can experiment in my branch and publish minor versions for testing. But unfortunately with this bug I cannot use np, is there any workaround?

Using:

np --any-branch

[franciscop]

Hopefully I didn't break anything, but this was fixed on my case with:

git branch --set-upstream-to origin/plugins

Since I am pushing from the local branch plugins I think this makes sense.

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[Norris1z]

@sindresorhus how about a --no-push flag to skip git push?

[itaisteinherz]

Another way of handling this could be to prompt the user, asking whether they'd prefer to skip the push step or enter a branch name that would later be used for pushing.

[sindresorhus]

@Norris1z Adding a new flag should be the last option. We don't add flags lightly. Better to find a way to handle it automatically.

[sindresorhus]

Another way of handling this could be to prompt the user, asking whether they'd prefer to skip the push step or enter a branch name that would later be used for pushing.

I don't think prompting is worth it here. Not having an upstream might be intentional. I think skipping is better. If the user really wants to push, they should just set an upstream.

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