sync: Now supports remote groups, the same way git remote update does.

Command/Sync.hs

@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@
  - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
 
-module Command.Sync where
+module Command.Sync (
+	cmd,
+	prepMerge,
+	mergeLocal,
+	mergeRemote,
+	commitStaged,
+	pushBranch,
+	updateBranch,
+	syncBranch,
+	updateSyncBranch,
+) where
 
 import Common.Annex
 import Command
@@ -109,16 +119,21 @@ syncRemotes :: [String] -> Annex [Remote]
 syncRemotes rs = ifM (Annex.getState Annex.fast) ( nub <$> pickfast , wanted )
   where
 	pickfast = (++) <$> listed <*> (filterM good =<< fastest <$> available)
+	
 	wanted
 		| null rs = filterM good =<< concat . Remote.byCost <$> available
 		| otherwise = listed
-	listed = catMaybes <$> mapM (Remote.byName . Just) rs
+	
+	listed = concat <$> mapM Remote.byNameOrGroup rs
+	
 	available = filter (remoteAnnexSync . Remote.gitconfig)
 		. filter (not . Remote.isXMPPRemote)
 		<$> Remote.remoteList
+	
 	good r
 		| Remote.gitSyncableRemote r = Remote.Git.repoAvail $ Remote.repo r
 		| otherwise = return True
+	
 	fastest = fromMaybe [] . headMaybe . Remote.byCost
 
 commit :: CommandStart

Remote.hs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Remote (
 	uuidDescriptions,
 	byName,
 	byName',
+	byNameOrGroup,
 	byNameOnly,
 	byNameWithUUID,
 	byCost,
@@ -94,7 +95,11 @@ addName desc n
 	| otherwise = desc ++ " [" ++ n ++ "]"
 
 {- When a name is specified, looks up the remote matching that name.
- - (Or it can be a UUID.) -}
+ - (Or it can be a UUID.)
+ -
+ - Throws an error if a name is specified and no matching remote can be
+ - found.
+ -}
 byName :: Maybe RemoteName -> Annex (Maybe Remote)
 byName Nothing = return Nothing
 byName (Just n) = either error Just <$> byName' n
@@ -121,6 +126,14 @@ byName' n = go . filter matching <$> remoteList
 	go (match:_) = Right match
 	matching r = n == name r || toUUID n == uuid r
 
+{- Finds the remote or remote group matching the name. -}
+byNameOrGroup :: RemoteName -> Annex [Remote]
+byNameOrGroup n = go =<< getConfigMaybe (ConfigKey ("remotes." ++ n))
+  where
+	go (Just l) = concatMap maybeToList <$>
+		mapM (Remote.byName . Just) (split " " l)
+	go Nothing = maybeToList <$> Remote.byName (Just n)
+
 {- Only matches remote name, not UUID -}
 byNameOnly :: RemoteName -> Annex (Maybe Remote)
 byNameOnly n = headMaybe . filter matching <$> remoteList

debian/changelog

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ git-annex (5.20141220) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * vicfg: Avoid crashing on badly encoded config data.
   * Work around statfs() overflow on some XFS systems.
+  * sync: Now supports remote groups, the same way git remote update does.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:16:38 -0400
 

doc/git-annex.mdwn

@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ subdirectories).
 * `sync [remote ...]`
 
   Use this command when you want to synchronize the local repository with
-  one or more of its remotes. You can specify the remotes to sync with by
-  name; the default is to sync with all remotes.
+  one or more of its remotes. You can specify the remotes (or remote
+  groups) to sync with by name; the default if none are specified is to
+  sync with all remotes.
   Or specify `--fast` to sync with the remotes with the
   lowest annex-cost value.
 

doc/todo/remote_groups_support_for_sync.mdwn

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 `git remote update $group` looks at the $group.away git config and fetches
 from the listed remotes. It would be useful if `git annex sync $group` did the same.
 --[[Joey]]
+
+[[done]]