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Nodegit How can I get new branch list?


open(o.localPath).then(function (repo) {
        repository = repo;
        return repo.fetchAll(credentials);
    }).then(function () {
        return repository.getReferenceNames(Git.Reference.TYPE.LISTALL);
    }).then(function (arrayString) {
        console.log(arrayString);   
    }).catch(err => {
        reject(err);
    })

I fetched all branches once (5 branches total), and I deleted one branch, local and remote, this still return 5 branches, but it should return 4 branches, how can I get new list of the branch ?


Solution

  • repository.getReferenceNames(Git.Reference.TYPE.LISTALL); can be synonymous with

    git show-ref command.

    This is using the references in .git/refs folder.

    You want to run a git fetch --all --prune upon deleting the branch to remove remote tracking references that are removed in the remote.

    Depending on your version of nodegit (for [v0.5.0] and up)

    //...
    const fetchOptions = { callbacks: credentials, pruneAfter: true }
    return repo.fetchAll(fetchOptions)
    //...
    

    For older versions (v0.4.1 - v0.3.0)

    //...
    return repo.fetchAll(remoteCallbacks, true)
    //...