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Show which branch a change request came from

8e1005eb2c104934adef950c5afc090d4025ce06 · Keenan Nemetz · 13d ago · parent b7ac1a00

Show which branch a change request came from

A request records the exact commit under review, and the page showed only
that: `main ← 43f98bcd`. The branch the work is on is how people talk about
a change, fetch it, and find it after it lands, and it was being thrown
away when the request was opened — the web form resolved the chosen branch
to a commit and kept only the commit.

`request.md` now records `head_ref:` beside `head:`. It is a display hint
and nothing else: approvals, checks, the diff and the landing gate still
name the commit, and a test pins that a branch name cannot authorise a
different tip. The request page, the request list and `vole change show`
show it, and the page marks the branch as moved or deleted when it no
longer points at the reviewed commit, so the name reads as provenance
rather than as a claim about what is being reviewed.

It is optional on read: records written before it existed still load, and
a request opened from a bare commit id records no branch.

server/web/request_view.go +14−1

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ type requestSidebarView struct {
	55	55	Current int
	56	56	CanApprove bool
	57	57	CanClose bool
		58	// HeadRefNote says when the branch the request names no longer points at the
		59	// commit under review ("branch moved", "branch deleted"), so the name is read as
		60	// provenance rather than as a claim about what is being reviewed.
		61	HeadRefNote string
	58	62	// CanMerge is the merge control: true only when the gate would accept the
	59	63	// landing now, so the button never offers something the handler would refuse.
	60	64	CanMerge bool
@@ -116,6 +120,15 @@ func (w Web) requestSidebar(r http.Request, m repo.Meta, req metadata.Reques
	116	120	who := w.accountName(r)
	117	121	approvable := req.Open() && canApproveRequest(acl, who, req.Author)
	118	122	canClose := canTriage(acl, who, req.Author)
		123	headRefNote := ""
		124	if req.HeadRef != "" {
		125	switch tip, err := m.Git().RevParse("refs/heads/" + req.HeadRef); {
		126	case err != nil \|\| tip == "":
		127	headRefNote = "branch deleted"
		128	case tip != req.Head:
		129	headRefNote = "branch moved"
		130	}
		131	}
	119	132	// Preflight the landing rather than guessing from the approval count: the same
	120	133	// gate the handler calls is asked here, so the button and the write agree about
	121	134	// approvals, checks and conflicts.
@@ -147,7 +160,7 @@ func (w Web) requestSidebar(r http.Request, m repo.Meta, req metadata.Reques
	147	160	return requestSidebarView{
	148	161	Page: w.page(r, title), Name: m.Name, Request: req,
	149	162	Approvals: approvals, Checks: checks, Required: required, Current: current,
	150		CanApprove: approvable, CanClose: canClose,
		163	CanApprove: approvable, CanClose: canClose, HeadRefNote: headRefNote,
	151	164	CanMerge: mergeable, MergeBlocked: mergeBlocked,
	152	165	CanDiscuss: w.canDiscuss(r, acl),
	153	166	ContributorCI: contributorCI,