From 1a544ef9580f7b64ce789a1dfe26b112b399eb9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harald Pfeiffer <coding@lirion.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:27:53 +0200
Subject: fix: abandon ship if we are not on a branch, also skip unnecessary
 awk by using for-each-ref

---
 bin/git-update-all | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bin/git-update-all')

diff --git a/bin/git-update-all b/bin/git-update-all
index d3f6033..0855339 100755
--- a/bin/git-update-all
+++ b/bin/git-update-all
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ GITBIN='/usr/bin/git'
 # 1. Pull the current branch and also tags, and prune references vanished from remote
 "$GITBIN" pull -tpf || exit 110
 # 2. Pull all branches existing locally
-mybr="$("$GITBIN" branch --show-current)"
-while read -r branch
-do
-	(
-		printf '\033[1m\033[3mSwitching to %b.\033[0m\n' "$branch"
-		"$GITBIN" switch "$branch" &&\
-		"$GITBIN" pull &&\
-		"$GITBIN" switch "$mybr"
-	)
-done < <("$GITBIN" branch --list|awk '{print $NF}'|grep -vP "^${mybr}\$")
+if ! mybr="$("$GITBIN" symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)"; then
+	printf 'Not on a branch, aborting.\n' >&2
+else
+	while read -r branch
+	do
+		(
+			printf '\033[1m\033[3mSwitching to %b.\033[0m\n' "$branch"
+			"$GITBIN" switch "$branch" &&\
+			"$GITBIN" pull &&\
+			"$GITBIN" switch "$mybr"
+		)
+	done < <("$GITBIN" for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/ | grep -vP "^${mybr}\$")
+fi
-- 
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