fix: use git ls-remote to verify if the remote branch is ahead

test/git.test.js

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   gitCommitTag,
   gitRemoteTagHead,
   push as pushUtil,
-  reset,
 } from './helpers/git-utils';
 
 // Save the current working diretory
@@ -189,31 +188,35 @@ test.serial('Throws error if obtaining the tags fails', async t => {
 });
 
 test.serial('Return "true" if repository is up to date', async t => {
-  await gitRepo(true);
+  const repositoryUrl = await gitRepo(true);
   await gitCommits(['First']);
   await pushUtil();
 
-  t.true(await isBranchUpToDate('master'));
+  t.true(await isBranchUpToDate(repositoryUrl, 'master'));
 });
 
 test.serial('Return falsy if repository is not up to date', async t => {
-  await gitRepo(true);
+  const repositoryUrl = await gitRepo(true);
+  const repoDir = process.cwd();
   await gitCommits(['First']);
   await gitCommits(['Second']);
   await pushUtil();
 
-  t.true(await isBranchUpToDate('master'));
+  t.true(await isBranchUpToDate(repositoryUrl, 'master'));
 
-  await reset();
+  await gitShallowClone(repositoryUrl);
+  await gitCommits(['Third']);
+  await pushUtil();
+  process.chdir(repoDir);
 
-  t.falsy(await isBranchUpToDate('master'));
+  t.falsy(await isBranchUpToDate(repositoryUrl, 'master'));
 });
 
 test.serial('Return "true" if local repository is ahead', async t => {
-  await gitRepo(true);
+  const repositoryUrl = await gitRepo(true);
   await gitCommits(['First']);
   await pushUtil();
   await gitCommits(['Second']);
 
-  t.true(await isBranchUpToDate('master'));
+  t.true(await isBranchUpToDate(repositoryUrl, 'master'));
 });

test/helpers/git-utils.js

@@ -212,12 +212,3 @@ export async function gitCommitTag(gitHead) {
 export async function push(repositoryUrl = 'origin', branch = 'master') {
   await execa('git', ['push', '--tags', repositoryUrl, `HEAD:${branch}`]);
 }
-
-/**
- * Reset repository to a commit.
- *
- * @param {String} [commit='HEAD~1'] Commit reference to reset the repo to.
- */
-export async function reset(commit = 'HEAD~1') {
-  await execa('git', ['reset', commit]);
-}

test/index.test.js

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   gitRemoteTagHead,
   push,
   gitShallowClone,
-  reset,
 } from './helpers/git-utils';
 
 // Save the current process.env
@@ -645,11 +644,15 @@ test.serial('Returns falsy value if triggered by a PR', async t => {
 test.serial('Returns falsy value if triggered on an outdated clone', async t => {
   // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
   const repositoryUrl = await gitRepo(true);
+  const repoDir = process.cwd();
   // Add commits to the master branch
   await gitCommits(['First']);
   await gitCommits(['Second']);
   await push();
-  await reset();
+  await gitShallowClone(repositoryUrl);
+  await gitCommits(['Third']);
+  await push();
+  process.chdir(repoDir);
 
   const semanticRelease = proxyquire('..', {
     './lib/logger': t.context.logger,

test/integration.test.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import test from 'ava';
 import {writeJson, readJson} from 'fs-extra';
 import {stub} from 'sinon';
 import execa from 'execa';
-import {gitHead as getGitHead, gitTagHead, gitRepo, gitCommits, gitRemoteTagHead} from './helpers/git-utils';
+import {gitHead as getGitHead, gitTagHead, gitRepo, gitCommits, gitRemoteTagHead, push} from './helpers/git-utils';
 import gitbox from './helpers/gitbox';
 import mockServer from './helpers/mockserver';
 import npmRegistry from './helpers/npm-registry';
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ test.serial('Exit with 1 if missing permission to push to the remote repository'
   /* Initial release */
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit']);
+  await push();
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
   const {stdout, code} = await execa(
     cli,