cargo-rail 0.22.2

Cargo-native Rust workspace engine for affected CI, Rust source-surface analysis, compiler reuse, dependency coherence, exact-SHA releases, and split/sync
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//! Select a default base reference for Git change detection.

use crate::error::RailResult;
use crate::git::SystemGit;
#[cfg(test)]
use crate::progress;

/// Detect the default base ref for change detection
///
/// Tries in order:
/// 1. origin/HEAD symref (most reliable)
/// 2. origin/main (common convention)
/// 3. origin/master (legacy convention)
/// 4. HEAD~1 (fallback for local-only repos)
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```rust,no_run
/// # use cargo_rail::git::defaults::detect_default_base_ref;
/// # use cargo_rail::git::SystemGit;
/// # let git = SystemGit::open(std::path::Path::new(".")).unwrap();
/// let base_ref = detect_default_base_ref(&git);
/// // Returns: "origin/main", "origin/master", or "HEAD~1"
/// ```
pub fn detect_default_base_ref(git: &SystemGit) -> RailResult<String> {
    // Try 1: origin/HEAD symref (most reliable)
    let output = git
        .git_cmd()
        .args(["symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD", "--short"])
        .output();

    if let Ok(out) = output
        && out.status.success()
    {
        let symref = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).trim().to_string();
        if !symref.is_empty() {
            return Ok(symref);
        }
    }

    // Try 2: origin/main
    if git.resolve_reference("origin/main").is_ok() {
        return Ok("origin/main".to_string());
    }

    // Try 3: origin/master
    if git.resolve_reference("origin/master").is_ok() {
        return Ok("origin/master".to_string());
    }

    // Try 4: Fallback to HEAD~1 (for local-only repos or fresh clones)
    Ok("HEAD~1".to_string())
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use std::env;

    #[test]
    fn test_detect_default_base_ref() {
        // Use current directory as test repo
        let current_dir = env::current_dir().unwrap();
        let git = SystemGit::open(&current_dir).expect("Should open git repo");

        // Should return a valid ref
        let base_ref = detect_default_base_ref(&git);
        assert!(base_ref.is_ok(), "Should detect a default base ref");

        let ref_str = base_ref.unwrap();

        // Should be one of the expected formats
        assert!(
            ref_str.starts_with("origin/") || ref_str == "HEAD~1",
            "Ref should be origin/* or HEAD~1, got: {}",
            ref_str
        );

        progress!("Detected base ref: {}", ref_str);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_detect_returns_usable_ref() {
        let current_dir = env::current_dir().unwrap();
        let git = SystemGit::open(&current_dir).expect("Should open git repo");

        let base_ref = detect_default_base_ref(&git).expect("Should detect base ref");

        // The detected ref should be resolvable to a commit
        // Note: This might fail in CI if origin isn't set up, so we just check format
        assert!(!base_ref.is_empty(), "Base ref should not be empty: {}", base_ref);
    }
}