[PATCH 1/2] Demonstrate bugs when a directory is replaced with a symlink.

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JPJames Pickens <james.e.pickens@intel.com>

Date

Jul 28, 2009, 22:13 UTC

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There are two bugs:
1. 'git checkout' wrongly deletes work tree file a/b-2/d.
2. 'git merge' wrongly deletes work tree file a/b-2/d.

Signed-off-by: James Pickens <james.e.pickens@intel.com>
---
 t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh

diff --git a/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh b/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..926c8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='merging when a directory was replaced with a symlink'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	mkdir -p a/b/c a/b-2/c &&
+	> a/b/c/d &&
+	> a/b-2/c/d &&
+	> a/x &&
+	git add -A &&
+	git commit -m base &&
+	rm -rf a/b &&
+	ln -s b-2 a/b &&
+	git add -A &&
+	git commit -m "dir to symlink"
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'checkout should not delete a/b-2/c/d' '
+	git checkout -b temp HEAD^ &&
+	test -f a/b-2/c/d
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'merge should not delete a/b-2/c/d' '
+	echo x > a/x &&
+	git add a/x &&
+	git commit -m x &&
+	git merge master &&
+	test -f a/b-2/c/d
+'
+
+test_done

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