(cons (package-desc-name pkg-desc)
package-selected-packages)))
+(defun package-vc-guess-backend (url)
+ "Guess the VC backend for URL.
+This function will internally query `package-vc-heuristic-alist'
+and return nil if no reasonable guess can be made."
+ (and url (alist-get url package-vc-heuristic-alist
+ nil nil #'string-match-p)))
+
(defun package-vc-unpack (pkg-desc pkg-spec &optional rev)
"Install the package described by PKG-DESC.
PKG-SPEC is a package specification is a property list describing
;; Clone the repository into `repo-dir' if necessary
(unless (file-exists-p repo-dir)
(make-directory (file-name-directory repo-dir) t)
- (let ((backend (or (and url (alist-get url package-vc-heuristic-alist
- nil nil #'string-match-p))
+ (let ((backend (or (package-vc-guess-backend url)
package-vc-default-backend)))
(unless (vc-clone url backend repo-dir (or rev branch))
(error "Failed to clone %s from %s" name url))))
;; pointing towards a repository, and use that as a backup
(and-let* ((extras (package-desc-extras (cadr pkg)))
(url (alist-get :url extras))
- (backend (alist-get url package-vc-heuristic-alist
- nil nil #'string-match-p))))))
+ ((package-vc-guess-backend url))))))
package-archive-contents))
(defun package-vc-update (pkg-desc)
(package--archives-initialize)
(cond
((and-let* ((stringp name-or-url)
- (backend (alist-get name-or-url
- package-vc-heuristic-alist
- nil nil #'string-match-p)))
+ (backend (package-vc-guess-backend name-or-url)))
(package-vc-unpack
(package-desc-create
:name (or name (intern (file-name-base name-or-url)))