feat: support cloning empty repositories#74
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Add support for git-worktree-clone to handle empty GitHub repositories (repos with no commits). Previously, cloning an empty repo would fail when trying to query the remote's default branch. Changes: - Add is_remote_empty() function to detect repos with no refs - Add resolve_initial_branch() to lib.rs for shared branch resolution - Update clone.rs to use orphan worktree for empty repos - Skip fetch/upstream setup for empty repos (no remote refs exist) - Add proper error for --all-branches with empty repos - Add 5 integration tests for empty repo scenarios The command now uses init.defaultBranch config (or "master" fallback) when cloning empty repos, allowing users to start working immediately. Fixes #72 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Refactor the empty repository detection logic to be more robust: - Try get_default_branch_remote first, only check is_remote_empty as fallback - This ensures invalid URLs fail properly instead of being treated as empty repos - Fix test_clone_invalid_url to use a local path that definitely fails (HTTP URLs may resolve to parking pages that git treats as empty repos) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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* feat: support cloning empty repositories Add support for git-worktree-clone to handle empty GitHub repositories (repos with no commits). Previously, cloning an empty repo would fail when trying to query the remote's default branch. Changes: - Add is_remote_empty() function to detect repos with no refs - Add resolve_initial_branch() to lib.rs for shared branch resolution - Update clone.rs to use orphan worktree for empty repos - Skip fetch/upstream setup for empty repos (no remote refs exist) - Add proper error for --all-branches with empty repos - Add 5 integration tests for empty repo scenarios The command now uses init.defaultBranch config (or "master" fallback) when cloning empty repos, allowing users to start working immediately. Fixes #72 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: improve empty repo detection to handle invalid URLs Refactor the empty repository detection logic to be more robust: - Try get_default_branch_remote first, only check is_remote_empty as fallback - This ensures invalid URLs fail properly instead of being treated as empty repos - Fix test_clone_invalid_url to use a local path that definitely fails (HTTP URLs may resolve to parking pages that git treats as empty repos) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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git-worktree-cloneto handle empty GitHub repositories (repos with no commits)init.defaultBranchconfig (or "master" fallback) when cloning empty reposChanges
is_remote_empty()function to detect repos with no refsresolve_initial_branch()to lib.rs for shared branch resolution--all-brancheswith empty reposTest plan
cargo test- all unit tests passcargo clippy -- -D warnings- no warningscargo fmt -- --check- formatting correctjust test-integration-clone- all new empty repo tests pass:test_clone_empty_repo- Basic empty repo cloningtest_clone_empty_repo_with_branch- Empty repo with--branchflagtest_clone_empty_repo_no_checkout- Empty repo with--no-checkouttest_clone_empty_repo_all_branches_fails- Verifies--all-branchesfails gracefullytest_clone_empty_repo_first_commit- Verifies first commit worksFixes #72
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