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auto_push_reconcile.rs

1//! What:
2//!  Publishing a landed commit when the remote branch advanced after the commit landed:
3//!       the merge of the remote tip and the local tip is computed in the object store,
4//!       committed without a worktree or an index, and pushed with a plain push.
5//! Why:
6//!  A rejected `push` of a branch that the remote moved cannot succeed again, and an ordinary merge in the active
7//!  worktree can be blocked, or made unsafe, by another consumer's uncommitted files.
8//!  `git merge-tree --write-tree` and `git commit-tree` read and write only objects, so the active worktree,
9//!  its index and its untracked files are never touched while merging, and both histories stay reachable from the
10//!  published tip.
11//!  Only after the push succeeds is the branch fast-forwarded, and only where nothing can be lost: a dirty worktree
12//!  follows too when the move changes none of the files its uncommitted work touches.
13//!  An amended or rebased branch is merged like any other: nothing already published is lost, and the replaced
14//!  commits stay in the remote history beside the new ones.
15
16/// The coordinator's Git, its command builder, queries and error type.
17use super::auto_push_single_flight::{
18    PushAttempt, PushGit, SingleFlightError, git_command, git_output, run_query,
19};
20/// The deadline-bound runner of network commands and the limits it applies.
21use super::auto_push_dirty_paths::{diff_paths, listed, overlapping_paths, status_paths};
22use super::bounded_push::{STOP_GRACE, apply_low_speed_defaults, push_deadline, run_bounded_push};
23/// The auto-push's bounded `git push` with the Git LFS upload.
24use super::lfs_bounded_push::run_push;
25/// The diagnostic log of the wrapper.
26use super::diagnostic_log::{debug, warn};
27/// Owned OS strings for Git arguments.
28use std::ffi::OsString;
29
30/// Tag used for diagnostics from this module.
31const TAG: &str = "cli-git";
32
33/// Prefix of every line this module adds to a push's output, so the terminal filter can keep it.
34pub const RECONCILE_LINE_PREFIX: &str = "cli-git: auto-push: ";
35
36/// Start of the line that explains why a rejected push stays unpublished; the generic "run `git push`" note is then
37/// wrong advice and is not printed.
38pub const RECONCILE_FAILED_PREFIX: &str = "cli-git: auto-push: not published: ";
39
40/// How many times the remote tip is fetched, merged and pushed before the push is reported as failed.
41pub const MAX_RECONCILE_ATTEMPTS: u32 = 10;
42
43/// The marker Git prints for a push the remote refused as stale; the word is not translated.
44const REJECTED_MARKER: &str = "[rejected]";
45
46/// The marker Git prints for an update that the remote's own rules refused, such as GitHub's protected branch (GH006).
47/// A remote that is updated by two pushes at once refuses the slower one this way, with no word about staleness.
48const REMOTE_REJECTED_MARKER: &str = "[remote rejected]";
49
50/// Where the plain push goes: the branch's upstream remote and the ref it tracks there.
51///
52/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
53/// ```ts
54/// type Destination = { remote: string; mergeRef: string };
55/// ```
56#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
57pub struct Destination {
58    /// Remote name from `branch.<name>.remote`.
59    pub remote: String,
60    /// Full ref from `branch.<name>.merge`, for example `refs/heads/main`.
61    pub merge_ref: String,
62}
63
64/// What:
65///  Whether a push's output shows a refusal that a moved remote branch can explain: Git's stale `[rejected]`, or the
66///  remote's own `[remote rejected]`.
67/// Why:
68///   Only a refusal of an update that raced another push can be cured by merging; an authentication failure or an offline
69///  error must be reported as they are.
70///  The message cannot tell a race from a rule that refuses every push, so the caller compares the remote tip with the
71///  branch and returns the refusal unchanged when the remote has not moved.
72///
73/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
74/// ```ts
75/// const wasRejectedAsStale = (output: string) => output.includes('[rejected]') || output.includes('[remote rejected]');
76/// ```
77pub fn was_rejected_as_stale(output: &str) -> bool {
78    return output.contains(REJECTED_MARKER) || output.contains(REMOTE_REJECTED_MARKER);
79}
80
81/// A failed attempt that explains itself and keeps the push output that came before.
82///
83/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
84/// ```ts
85/// { exitCode: 1, output: `${previous}\n${RECONCILE_FAILED_PREFIX}${reason}` }
86/// ```
87fn unpublished(failed_prefix: &str, previous: &str, exit_code: i64, reason: &str) -> PushAttempt {
88    return PushAttempt {
89        exit_code: if exit_code == 0 { 1 } else { exit_code },
90        output: format!("{previous}\n{failed_prefix}{reason}"),
91    };
92}
93
94/// Argument list from string literals and owned text.
95///
96/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
97/// ```ts
98/// ['merge-tree', '--write-tree', ...]
99/// ```
100fn argv(parts: &[&str]) -> Vec<OsString> {
101    return parts.iter().map(OsString::from).collect();
102}
103
104/// What:
105///  Whether the first commit is the second or one of its ancestors, or nothing when Git cannot tell.
106/// Why:
107///   Exit `0` and `1` are the answers; any other exit means an object is missing, and that is not an answer.
108///
109/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
110/// ```ts
111/// async function isAncestor({ ancestor, descendant }): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
112/// ```
113fn is_ancestor(
114    git: &PushGit,
115    ancestor: &str,
116    descendant: &str,
117) -> Result<Option<bool>, SingleFlightError> {
118    let output = run_query(
119        git,
120        &argv(&["merge-base", "--is-ancestor", ancestor, descendant]),
121    )?;
122    return Ok(match output.code {
123        Some(0) => Some(true),
124        Some(1) => Some(false),
125        _ => None,
126    });
127}
128
129/// What:
130///  The trimmed value of a Git setting, empty when it is not set.
131/// Why:
132///   An unset key exits `1` and prints nothing; the callers treat "not set" and "set to nothing" alike.
133///
134/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
135/// ```ts
136/// async function configValue({ key }): Promise<string>;
137/// ```
138fn config_value(git: &PushGit, key: &str) -> Result<String, SingleFlightError> {
139    let value = run_query(git, &argv(&["config", "--get", key]))?;
140    return Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&value.stdout).trim().to_owned());
141}
142
143/// What:
144///  The remote and the branch ref that the plain `git push` of this branch updates, when they can be named.
145/// Why:
146///   The merge must be made with the tip of the branch the rejected push targeted: with a push remote, a triangular
147///  setup or `push.default=current` that is not the tracked branch.
148///   The push remote follows Git's order (`branch.<name>.pushRemote`, then `remote.pushDefault`, then
149///  `branch.<name>.remote`), and `push.default` picks the ref: `current` and a triangular `simple` push to the
150///  branch's own name, `upstream` and a non-triangular `simple` push to the tracked ref.
151///   `@{push}` is not used because Git refuses to resolve it for a push remote that differs from the tracked one,
152///  although the push itself works.
153///   The remote `.`, a `remote.<name>.push` refspec, `matching`, `nothing` and a target outside `refs/heads` are not
154///  reconciled, because the rejection then came from a destination this module cannot name.
155///
156/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
157/// ```ts
158/// async function readDestination({ branch }): Promise<Destination | undefined>;
159/// ```
160fn read_destination(
161    git: &PushGit,
162    branch_ref: &str,
163) -> Result<Option<Destination>, SingleFlightError> {
164    let Some(name) = branch_ref.strip_prefix("refs/heads/") else {
165        return Ok(None);
166    };
167    let tracked_remote = config_value(git, &format!("branch.{name}.remote"))?;
168    let mut push_remote = config_value(git, &format!("branch.{name}.pushRemote"))?;
169    if push_remote.is_empty() {
170        push_remote = config_value(git, "remote.pushDefault")?;
171    }
172    if push_remote.is_empty() {
173        push_remote.clone_from(&tracked_remote);
174    }
175    if push_remote.is_empty() || push_remote == "." {
176        return Ok(None);
177    }
178    let refspecs = run_query(
179        git,
180        &argv(&["config", "--get-all", &format!("remote.{push_remote}.push")]),
181    )?;
182    if !refspecs.stdout.is_empty() {
183        return Ok(None);
184    }
185    let triangular = push_remote != tracked_remote;
186    let mode = config_value(git, "push.default")?;
187    let merge_ref = config_value(git, &format!("branch.{name}.merge"))?;
188    let target = match (mode.as_str(), triangular) {
189        ("current", _) | ("" | "simple", true) => format!("refs/heads/{name}"),
190        ("" | "simple" | "upstream" | "tracking", false) => merge_ref,
191        _ => return Ok(None),
192    };
193    if !target.starts_with("refs/heads/") || target == "refs/heads/" {
194        return Ok(None);
195    }
196    return Ok(Some(Destination {
197        remote: push_remote,
198        merge_ref: target,
199    }));
200}
201
202/// What:
203///  The arguments of a push that names its destination, when the plain `git push` of this branch cannot.
204/// Why:
205///   Under `push.default=simple` Git refuses to push a branch whose upstream has another name (a linked worktree
206///  branch created from `origin/main` is the usual case) before it contacts the remote, so no reconcile can start.
207///  The destination `read_destination` resolves is exactly where the person tracked the branch, so the push names it.
208///  A branch whose destination has its own name needs no such push, and nothing is returned for it.
209///
210/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
211/// ```ts
212/// async function namedDestinationPush({ branchRef }): Promise<string[] | undefined>; // ['push', remote, `${branchRef}:${mergeRef}`]
213/// ```
214pub fn named_destination_push(
215    git: &PushGit,
216    branch_ref: &str,
217) -> Result<Option<Vec<String>>, SingleFlightError> {
218    let Some(destination) = read_destination(git, branch_ref)? else {
219        return Ok(None);
220    };
221    if destination.merge_ref == branch_ref {
222        return Ok(None);
223    }
224    return Ok(Some(vec![
225        String::from("push"),
226        destination.remote,
227        format!("{branch_ref}:{}", destination.merge_ref),
228    ]));
229}
230
231/// What:
232///  Fetch the remote branch into a private ref and return the commit it names.
233/// Why:
234///   `FETCH_HEAD` is shared by every fetch in the repository, so another process could replace it between the fetch
235///  and the read; a ref named for this process cannot be replaced, and it is deleted before this returns.
236///
237/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
238/// ```ts
239/// async function fetchRemoteTip({ destination }): Promise<string | PushAttempt>;
240/// ```
241fn fetch_remote_tip(
242    git: &PushGit,
243    destination: &Destination,
244) -> Result<Result<String, PushAttempt>, SingleFlightError> {
245    let private_ref = format!("refs/cli-git/auto-push/fetch-{}", std::process::id());
246    let refspec = format!("+{}:{private_ref}", destination.merge_ref);
247    let arguments = argv(&[
248        "fetch",
249        "--no-tags",
250        "--quiet",
251        &destination.remote,
252        &refspec,
253    ]);
254    let mut command = git_command(git, &arguments);
255    apply_low_speed_defaults(&mut command, &git.environment);
256    let fetched = run_bounded_push(command, push_deadline(&git.environment), STOP_GRACE, git.environment.as_slice())?;
257    if fetched.exit_code != 0 {
258        return Ok(Err(fetched));
259    }
260    let tip = git_output(
261        git,
262        &argv(&[
263            "rev-parse",
264            "--verify",
265            &format!("{private_ref}^{{commit}}"),
266        ]),
267    );
268    // The private ref is scaffolding; a failed deletion leaves one small ref that the next run overwrites.
269    let _deleted = run_query(git, &argv(&["update-ref", "-d", &private_ref]));
270    return Ok(Ok(tip?));
271}
272
273/// What:
274///  Commit the merge of two tips from objects alone and return its OID, or the paths that conflict.
275/// Why:
276///   `merge-tree --write-tree` exits `1` for a conflicted merge and lists the paths; nothing is written to a worktree.
277///
278/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
279/// ```ts
280/// async function commitMerge({ local, remote, message }): Promise<{ oid } | { conflicts }>;
281/// ```
282fn commit_merge(
283    git: &PushGit,
284    local: &str,
285    remote: &str,
286    message: &str,
287) -> Result<Result<String, Vec<String>>, SingleFlightError> {
288    let merged = run_query(
289        git,
290        &argv(&[
291            "merge-tree",
292            "--write-tree",
293            "--no-messages",
294            "--name-only",
295            "--allow-unrelated-histories",
296            local,
297            remote,
298        ]),
299    )?;
300    let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&merged.stdout).into_owned();
301    let mut lines = text.lines();
302    let tree = lines.next().unwrap_or_default().trim().to_owned();
303    if merged.code == Some(1) {
304        let paths: Vec<String> = lines
305            .map(str::trim)
306            .filter(|line| {
307                return !line.is_empty();
308            })
309            .map(str::to_owned)
310            .collect();
311        return Ok(Err(paths));
312    }
313    if merged.code != Some(0) {
314        return Err(SingleFlightError::Git {
315            arguments: format!("merge-tree --write-tree {local} {remote}"),
316            code: merged.code,
317            stderr: String::from_utf8_lossy(&merged.stderr).into_owned(),
318        });
319    }
320    let mut commit_tree = vec!["commit-tree"];
321    if signs_commits(git)? {
322        commit_tree.push("-S");
323    }
324    commit_tree.extend(["-p", local, "-p", remote, "-m", message, &tree]);
325    let oid = git_output(git, &argv(&commit_tree))?;
326    return Ok(Ok(oid));
327}
328
329/// What:
330///  Whether `commit.gpgsign` asks for signed commits.
331/// Why:
332///   `git commit-tree` signs only when given `-S` and never reads `commit.gpgsign`, so the merge would be the one
333///  unsigned commit of a signed branch, which a remote that requires verified signatures rejects.
334///   An unset key is `git config` exit `1`; any other failure is reported like every failed command.
335///
336/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
337/// ```ts
338/// async function signsCommits(git): Promise<boolean>;
339/// ```
340fn signs_commits(git: &PushGit) -> Result<bool, SingleFlightError> {
341    let asked = run_query(
342        git,
343        &argv(&["config", "--type=bool", "--get", "commit.gpgsign"]),
344    )?;
345    if asked.code == Some(1) {
346        return Ok(false);
347    }
348    if asked.code != Some(0) {
349        return Err(SingleFlightError::Git {
350            arguments: String::from("config --type=bool --get commit.gpgsign"),
351            code: asked.code,
352            stderr: String::from_utf8_lossy(&asked.stderr).into_owned(),
353        });
354    }
355    return Ok(asked.stdout.trim_ascii() == b"true");
356}
357
358/// What:
359///  Whether the status read after a fast-forward differs from the one read before it.
360///  `&[u8]` borrows Git's output.
361/// Why:
362///   The uncommitted work must read exactly as it did; a difference is the only sign that the move touched it.
363///
364/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
365/// ```ts
366/// function statusDiffers(before: Uint8Array, after: Uint8Array): boolean;
367/// ```
368fn status_differs(before: &[u8], after: &[u8]) -> bool {
369    return before != after;
370}
371
372/// What:
373///  Fast-forward the pushed branch and this worktree to the published merge, or the reason that was not done.
374///  The success value says whether uncommitted work was left in place.
375/// Why:
376///   A branch left behind the remote makes the next commit rejected again, and the person at the keyboard would have
377///  to merge by hand; the merge contains the branch tip, so the move is a pure fast-forward.
378///   It is attempted only where nothing can be lost or surprised: the worktree has the branch checked out at the tip
379///  that was pushed, and no uncommitted change (tracked file, staged entry, or either name of a staged rename)
380///  lies in a file the move writes.
381///   Another session's work in progress therefore never holds the branch behind the remote, while a move that
382///  would write over such a file is left for the person.
383///   The status read takes no optional lock, and `git merge --ff-only` refuses, without changing anything, a move that
384///  would overwrite an untracked file or a change made after the status read.
385///   Every refusal is a reason for the report, never a failure: the merge is already published.
386///
387/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
388/// ```ts
389/// async function advanceLocalBranch({ git, branchRef, local, mergeOid }): Promise<{ reason?: string; keptChanges?: boolean }>;
390/// ```
391fn advance_local_branch(
392    git: &PushGit,
393    branch_ref: &str,
394    local: &str,
395    merge_oid: &str,
396) -> Result<Result<bool, String>, SingleFlightError> {
397    let checked_out = run_query(git, &argv(&["symbolic-ref", "--quiet", "HEAD"]))?;
398    if checked_out.code != Some(0) {
399        return Ok(Err(String::from("HEAD is detached")));
400    }
401    if String::from_utf8_lossy(&checked_out.stdout).trim() != branch_ref {
402        return Ok(Err(String::from(
403            "this worktree has another branch checked out",
404        )));
405    }
406    let head = run_query(git, &argv(&["rev-parse", "--verify", "HEAD^{commit}"]))?;
407    if String::from_utf8_lossy(&head.stdout).trim() != local {
408        return Ok(Err(String::from(
409            "the branch moved after the commit landed",
410        )));
411    }
412    let status_arguments = argv(&[
413        "--no-optional-locks",
414        "status",
415        "--porcelain=v1",
416        "-z",
417        "--untracked-files=no",
418    ]);
419    let status = run_query(git, &status_arguments)?;
420    if status.code != Some(0) {
421        return Ok(Err(String::from("the worktree status could not be read")));
422    }
423    let dirty = status_paths(&status.stdout);
424    let kept: bool = !dirty.is_empty();
425    if kept {
426        let incoming = run_query(
427            git,
428            &argv(&["diff", "--name-only", "-z", "--no-renames", local, merge_oid]),
429        )?;
430        if incoming.code != Some(0) {
431            return Ok(Err(String::from(
432                "the files the merge changes could not be read",
433            )));
434        }
435        let overlap = overlapping_paths(&dirty, &diff_paths(&incoming.stdout));
436        if !overlap.is_empty() {
437            return Ok(Err(format!(
438                "the worktree has uncommitted changes to files the merge changes: {}",
439                listed(&overlap)
440            )));
441        }
442    }
443    let moved = run_query(git, &argv(&["merge", "--ff-only", "--quiet", merge_oid]))?;
444    if moved.code != Some(0) {
445        let detail = String::from_utf8_lossy(&moved.stderr);
446        return Ok(Err(format!(
447            "Git refused the fast-forward: {}",
448            detail.lines().next().unwrap_or_default().trim()
449        )));
450    }
451    if kept {
452        // The uncommitted work must read exactly as it did; the move is already done, so a difference is reported.
453        let after = run_query(git, &status_arguments)?;
454        if status_differs(&status.stdout, &after.stdout) {
455            warn(
456                TAG,
457                "the worktree status differs after the fast-forward; compare it with the status before the commit",
458            );
459        }
460    }
461    return Ok(Ok(kept));
462}
463
464/// What:
465///  Merge the remote tip into the pushed branch's tip and publish the result, a bounded number of times.
466/// Why:
467///   Another worktree advancing the remote makes the plain push fail for good, while both histories are valid and
468///  must both be kept; the merge is published as a new commit above the local tip, so the landed commit stays
469///  reachable and nothing is forced.
470///   Once the merge is published, the branch and its worktree are fast-forwarded to it when that cannot lose or
471///  overwrite anything; otherwise they are left as they are and the report says why.
472///   A push destination Git cannot name, a conflict, an exhausted retry budget and every failure of a command are
473///  reported, and only the first leaves the original rejection unchanged.
474///
475/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
476/// ```ts
477/// async function reconcileDivergentPush({ git, branchRef, rejected }): Promise<PushAttempt>;
478/// ```
479pub fn reconcile_divergent_push(
480    git: &PushGit,
481    branch_ref: &str,
482    rejected: PushAttempt,
483) -> Result<PushAttempt, SingleFlightError> {
484    if !was_rejected_as_stale(&rejected.output) {
485        return Ok(rejected);
486    }
487    let Some(destination) = read_destination(git, branch_ref)? else {
488        debug(
489            TAG,
490            "the push destination cannot be resolved to a remote branch; no reconcile",
491        );
492        return Ok(rejected);
493    };
494    let local = git_output(
495        git,
496        &argv(&["rev-parse", "--verify", &format!("{branch_ref}^{{commit}}")]),
497    )?;
498    let plan = Reconcile {
499        destination,
500        local,
501        branch_ref: Some(branch_ref),
502        label: "auto-push",
503        explicit: false,
504    };
505    let mut push_merge = |target: &Destination, merge_oid: &str| -> Result<PushAttempt, SingleFlightError> {
506        let arguments = argv(&[
507            "push",
508            &target.remote,
509            &format!("{merge_oid}:{}", target.merge_ref),
510        ]);
511        return run_push(git, &arguments);
512    };
513    return Ok(match integrate_and_push(git, &plan, rejected, &mut push_merge)? {
514        Integrated::NotDivergent(attempt) | Integrated::Finished(attempt) => attempt,
515    });
516}
517
518/// What:
519///  What one reconcile run integrates, where, and how it words and limits itself.
520///  `Option<&str>` is "the branch, or nothing for a detached HEAD".
521/// Why:
522///   Auto-push and an explicit push share the loop; they differ in the line prefix they print, in whether the branch
523///  follows the published merge, and in how much of a failure they keep quiet about.
524///   An explicit push already printed Git's own refusal, so a remote that cannot be fetched, a remote that did not
525///  diverge, and a failure that is not a stale update are left exactly as the push reported them.
526///
527/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
528/// ```ts
529/// type Reconcile = { destination: Destination; local: string; branchRef?: string; label: string; explicit: boolean };
530/// ```
531pub struct Reconcile<'a> {
532    /// The remote and the ref the rejected push updated.
533    pub destination: Destination,
534    /// The commit the rejected push sent.
535    pub local: String,
536    /// The branch that follows the published merge when it can, or nothing for a detached HEAD.
537    pub branch_ref: Option<&'a str>,
538    /// The word after `cli-git:` in every line the run adds.
539    pub label: &'a str,
540    /// Whether the rejected push was typed by a person and has already shown its own output.
541    pub explicit: bool,
542}
543
544/// How a reconcile run ended.
545///
546/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
547/// ```ts
548/// type Integrated = { kind: 'not-divergent'; attempt } | { kind: 'finished'; attempt };
549/// ```
550pub enum Integrated {
551    /// The remote did not diverge, or the run could not tell; the rejected attempt stands as it was.
552    NotDivergent(PushAttempt),
553    /// The run published the merge, or says why it did not.
554    Finished(PushAttempt),
555}
556
557/// What:
558///  Merge the remote tip into the pushed commit and publish the result, a bounded number of times.
559/// Why:
560///   Another worktree advancing the remote makes the plain push fail for good, while both histories are valid and
561///  must both be kept; the merge is published as a new commit above the local tip, so the landed commit stays
562///  reachable and nothing is forced.
563///   `push_merge` publishes one merge, and is told the destination and the merge commit.
564///
565/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
566/// ```ts
567/// async function integrateAndPush({ git, plan, rejected, pushMerge }): Promise<Integrated>;
568/// ```
569pub fn integrate_and_push(
570    git: &PushGit,
571    plan: &Reconcile<'_>,
572    rejected: PushAttempt,
573    push_merge: &mut dyn FnMut(&Destination, &str) -> Result<PushAttempt, SingleFlightError>,
574) -> Result<Integrated, SingleFlightError> {
575    let destination = plan.destination.clone();
576    let local = plan.local.clone();
577    let label = plan.label;
578    let line_prefix = format!("cli-git: {label}: ");
579    let failed_prefix = format!("{line_prefix}not published: ");
580    let short = destination
581        .merge_ref
582        .strip_prefix("refs/heads/")
583        .unwrap_or(&destination.merge_ref)
584        .to_owned();
585    let message = format!(
586        "Merge {}/{short} into {short}\n\nCreated by cli-git {label} because {}/{short} advanced after the commit landed.",
587        destination.remote, destination.remote
588    );
589    let mut previous = rejected.output.clone();
590    // The remote tip a merge was pushed against, with the refusal it got: a remote that still shows that tip did not
591    // move, so the refusal was a rule and not a race.
592    let mut refused_against: Option<(String, PushAttempt)> = None;
593    for attempt in 1..=MAX_RECONCILE_ATTEMPTS {
594        let remote_tip = match fetch_remote_tip(git, &destination)? {
595            Ok(tip) => tip,
596            Err(failed) => {
597                if plan.explicit && refused_against.is_none() {
598                    debug(
599                        TAG,
600                        "the remote could not be fetched after an explicit push failed; its own report stands",
601                    );
602                    return Ok(Integrated::NotDivergent(rejected));
603                }
604                return Ok(Integrated::Finished(unpublished(
605                    &failed_prefix,
606                    &format!("{previous}\n{}", failed.output),
607                    failed.exit_code,
608                    &format!(
609                        "{}/{short} has commits this branch lacks, and fetching them failed; nothing was pushed and the worktree was not touched.",
610                        destination.remote
611                    ),
612                )));
613            }
614        };
615        if let Some((tip, refusal)) = refused_against.take()
616            && tip == remote_tip
617        {
618            debug(
619                TAG,
620                "the remote did not move after it refused the merge; the refusal is final",
621            );
622            return Ok(Integrated::Finished(refusal));
623        }
624        match (
625            is_ancestor(git, &remote_tip, &local)?,
626            is_ancestor(git, &local, &remote_tip)?,
627        ) {
628            (Some(true), _) => {
629                debug(
630                    TAG,
631                    "the remote tip is behind the branch; the rejection was not a divergence",
632                );
633                return Ok(Integrated::NotDivergent(rejected));
634            }
635            (_, Some(true)) if plan.explicit => {
636                debug(
637                    TAG,
638                    "the remote already contains the pushed commit; the explicit push failed for another reason",
639                );
640                return Ok(Integrated::NotDivergent(rejected));
641            }
642            (_, Some(true)) => {
643                return Ok(Integrated::Finished(PushAttempt {
644                    exit_code: 0,
645                    output: format!(
646                        "{line_prefix}{}/{short} already contains {local}; nothing to push.",
647                        destination.remote
648                    ),
649                }));
650            }
651            (Some(false), Some(false)) => {}
652            _ => {
653                if plan.explicit {
654                    return Ok(Integrated::NotDivergent(rejected));
655                }
656                return Ok(Integrated::Finished(unpublished(
657                    &failed_prefix,
658                    &previous,
659                    rejected.exit_code,
660                    "Git could not relate the branch to the remote tip; nothing was pushed and the worktree was not touched.",
661                )));
662            }
663        }
664        let merge_oid = match commit_merge(git, &local, &remote_tip, &message)? {
665            Ok(oid) => oid,
666            Err(paths) => {
667                return Ok(Integrated::Finished(unpublished(
668                    &failed_prefix,
669                    &previous,
670                    rejected.exit_code,
671                    &format!(
672                        "merging {}/{short} into {short} conflicts in: {}. Nothing was pushed and the worktree was not touched; \
673                         merge {}/{short} in a separate worktree, resolve the conflicts and push.",
674                        destination.remote,
675                        paths.join(", "),
676                        destination.remote
677                    ),
678                )));
679            }
680        };
681        debug(
682            TAG,
683            &format!(
684                "attempt {attempt}: pushing the merge {merge_oid} of {local} and {remote_tip}"
685            ),
686        );
687        let pushed = push_merge(&destination, &merge_oid)?;
688        if pushed.exit_code == 0 {
689            let branch = plan
690                .branch_ref
691                .map(|reference| {
692                    return reference.strip_prefix("refs/heads/").unwrap_or(reference);
693                })
694                .unwrap_or("HEAD");
695            let advanced = match plan.branch_ref {
696                Some(branch_ref) => advance_local_branch(git, branch_ref, &local, &merge_oid)?,
697                None => Err(String::from("HEAD is detached")),
698            };
699            let followed = match advanced {
700                Ok(false) => format!("{branch} and the worktree were fast-forwarded to it."),
701                Ok(true) => format!(
702                    "{branch} and the worktree were fast-forwarded to it; your uncommitted changes were left as they are."
703                ),
704                Err(reason) => {
705                    debug(TAG, &format!("{branch} was not fast-forwarded: {reason}"));
706                    format!(
707                        "{branch} itself and the worktree are unchanged ({reason}); update {branch} with `git merge --ff-only {}/{short}` \
708                         when the worktree allows.",
709                        destination.remote
710                    )
711                }
712            };
713            return Ok(Integrated::Finished(PushAttempt {
714                exit_code: 0,
715                output: format!(
716                    "{}\n{line_prefix}{}/{short} had new commits, so the merge {merge_oid} of {branch} and {}/{short} \
717                     was published. {followed}",
718                    pushed.output, destination.remote, destination.remote
719                )
720                .trim_start_matches('\n')
721                .to_owned(),
722            }));
723        }
724        if !plan.explicit && !was_rejected_as_stale(&pushed.output) {
725            return Ok(Integrated::Finished(pushed));
726        }
727        previous = pushed.output.clone();
728        refused_against = Some((remote_tip, pushed));
729    }
730    return Ok(Integrated::Finished(unpublished(
731        &failed_prefix,
732        &previous,
733        rejected.exit_code,
734        &format!(
735            "{}/{short} advanced again during each of {MAX_RECONCILE_ATTEMPTS} attempts, so nothing was pushed and the worktree was not touched. \
736             Push again when the remote is quiet.",
737            destination.remote
738        ),
739    )));
740}
741
742/// Reconcile behavior is controlled in the test module.
743#[cfg(test)]
744#[path = "auto_push_reconcile_tests.rs"]
745mod tests;