better handling of multiple repositories with the same name

Used to fail with a bad error message, indicating there was no
repository with the specified name, or something like that. Now, suggest
they use the uuid to disambiguate.

* info, enableremotemote, renameremote: Avoid a confusing message when more
  than one repository matches the user provided name.
* info: Exit nonzero when the input is not supported.

Sponsored-by: Kevin Mueller on Patreon

CHANGELOG

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ git-annex (10.20230127) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * sync: Warn when the adjusted basis ref cannot be found, as happens eg when
     the user has renamed branches.
   * Sped up view branch construction by 50%.
+  * info, enableremotemote, renameremote: Avoid a confusing message when more
+    than one repository matches the user provided name.
+  * info: Exit nonzero when the input is not supported.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:39:18 -0400
 

Command/EnableRemote.hs

@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ startSpecialRemote name config [] = do
 	m <- SpecialRemote.specialRemoteMap
 	confm <- Logs.Remote.remoteConfigMap
 	Remote.nameToUUID' name >>= \case
-		Right u | u `M.member` m ->
+		([u], _) | u `M.member` m ->
 			startSpecialRemote name config $
 				[(u, fromMaybe M.empty (M.lookup u confm), Nothing)]
-		_ -> unknownNameError "Unknown remote name."
+		(_, msg) -> unknownNameError msg
 startSpecialRemote name config ((u, c, mcu):[]) =
 	starting "enableremote" ai si $ do
 		let fullconfig = config `M.union` c	

Command/Info.hs

@@ -165,28 +165,24 @@ autoenableInfo = showCustom "info" (SeekInput []) $ do
 itemInfo :: InfoOptions -> (SeekInput, String) -> Annex ()
 itemInfo o (si, p) = ifM (isdir p)
 	( dirInfo o p si
-	, do
+	, Remote.byName' p >>= \case
-		v <- Remote.byName' p
-		case v of
 		Right r -> remoteInfo o r si
-			Left _ -> do
+		Left _ -> Remote.nameToUUID' p >>= \case
-				v' <- Remote.nameToUUID' p
+			([], _) -> do
-				case v' of
-					Right u -> uuidInfo o u si
-					Left _ -> do
 				relp <- liftIO $ relPathCwdToFile (toRawFilePath p)
 				lookupKey relp >>= \case
 					Just k -> fileInfo o (fromRawFilePath relp) si k
 					Nothing -> treeishInfo o p si
+			([u], _) -> uuidInfo o u si
+			(_us, msg) -> noInfo p si msg
 	)
   where
 	isdir = liftIO . catchBoolIO . (isDirectory <$$> getFileStatus)
 
-noInfo :: String -> SeekInput -> Annex ()
+noInfo :: String -> SeekInput -> String -> Annex ()
-noInfo s si = do
+noInfo s si msg = do
 	showStart "info" (encodeBS s) si
-	showNote $ "not a directory or an annexed file or a treeish or a remote or a uuid"
+	giveup msg
-	showEndFail
 
 dirInfo :: InfoOptions -> FilePath -> SeekInput -> Annex ()
 dirInfo o dir si = showCustom (unwords ["info", dir]) si $ do
@@ -203,6 +199,7 @@ treeishInfo o t si = do
 	mi <- getTreeStatInfo o (Git.Ref (encodeBS t))
 	case mi of
 		Nothing -> noInfo t si
+			"not a directory or an annexed file or a treeish or a remote or a uuid"
 		Just i -> showCustom (unwords ["info", t]) si $ do
 			stats <- selStats 
 				(tostats (tree_name:tree_fast_stats False)) 

Command/RenameRemote.hs

@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ start ps@(oldname:newname:[]) = Annex.SpecialRemote.findExisting oldname >>= \ca
 	-- as a fallback when there is nothing with the name in the
 	-- special remote log.
 	[] -> Remote.nameToUUID' oldname >>= \case
-		Left e -> giveup e
+		([u], _) -> do
-		Right u -> do
 			m <- Logs.Remote.remoteConfigMap
 			case M.lookup u m of
 				Nothing -> giveup "That is not a special remote."
 				Just cfg -> go u cfg Nothing
+		(_, msg) -> giveup msg
 	_ -> giveup $ "There are multiple special remotes named " ++ oldname ++ ". Provide instead the uuid or description of the remote to rename."
   where
 	ai = ActionItemOther Nothing

Remote.hs

@@ -173,26 +173,33 @@ noRemoteUUIDMsg r = "cannot determine uuid for " ++ name r ++ " (perhaps you nee
  - and returns its UUID. Finds even repositories that are not
  - configured in .git/config. -}
 nameToUUID :: RemoteName -> Annex UUID
-nameToUUID = either giveup return <=< nameToUUID'
+nameToUUID n = nameToUUID' n >>= \case
+	([u], _) -> return u
+	(_, msg) -> giveup msg
 
-nameToUUID' :: RemoteName -> Annex (Either String UUID)
+nameToUUID' :: RemoteName -> Annex ([UUID], String)
-nameToUUID' "." = Right <$> getUUID -- special case for current repo
+nameToUUID' n
-nameToUUID' "here" = Right <$> getUUID
+	| n == "." = currentrepo
-nameToUUID' n = byName' n >>= go
+	| n == "here" = currentrepo
+	| otherwise = byName' n >>= go
   where
+	currentrepo = mkone <$> getUUID
+
 	go (Right r) = return $ case uuid r of
-		NoUUID -> Left $ noRemoteUUIDMsg r
+		NoUUID -> ([], noRemoteUUIDMsg r)
-		u -> Right u
+		u -> mkone u
 	go (Left e) = do
 		m <- uuidDescMap
 		let descn = UUIDDesc (encodeBS n)
 		return $ case M.keys (M.filter (== descn) m) of
-			[u] -> Right u
+			[] -> 
-			[] -> let u = toUUID n
+				let u = toUUID n
 				in case M.keys (M.filterWithKey (\k _ -> k == u) m) of
-					[] -> Left e
+					[] -> ([], e)
-					_ -> Right u
+					_ -> ([u], e)
-			_us -> Left "Found multiple repositories with that description"
+			us -> (us, "found multiple repositories with that description (use the uuid instead to disambiguate)")
+
+	mkone u = ([u], "found a remote")
 
 {- Pretty-prints a list of UUIDs of remotes, with their descriptions,
  - for human display.

doc/bugs/Duplicate_descriptions_cause_confusing_error.mdwn

@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ local repository version: 10
 ### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
 
 
+> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]