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[PATCHv3 3/3] merge-recursive: When we detect we can skip an update, actually skip it

From
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2011, 06:13 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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In 882fd11 (merge-recursive: Delay content merging for renames 2010-09-20), there was code that checked for whether we could skip updating a file in the working directory, based on whether the merged version matched the current working copy. Due to the desire to handle directory/file conflicts that were resolvable, that commit deferred content merging by first updating the index with the unmerged entries and then moving the actual merging (along with the skip-the-content-update check) to another function that ran later in the merge process. As part moving the content merging code, a bug was introduced such that although the message about skipping the update would be printed (whenever GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY was sufficiently high), the file would be unconditionally updated in the working copy anyway.

When we detect that the file does not need to be updated in the working copy, update the index appropriately and then return early before updating the working copy.

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 merge-recursive.c       |   17 +++++++++++------
 t/t6022-merge-rename.sh |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 16c2dbe..ec07a30 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -354,10 +354,11 @@ static void make_room_for_directories_of_df_conflicts(struct merge_options *o,
 	 * make room for the corresponding directory.  Such paths will
 	 * later be processed in process_df_entry() at the end.  If
 	 * the corresponding directory ends up being removed by the
-	 * merge, then the file will be reinstated at that time;
-	 * otherwise, if the file is not supposed to be removed by the
-	 * merge, the contents of the file will be placed in another
-	 * unique filename.
+	 * merge, then the file will be reinstated at that time
+	 * (albeit with a different timestamp!); otherwise, if the
+	 * file is not supposed to be removed by the merge, the
+	 * contents of the file will be placed in another unique
+	 * filename.
 	 *
 	 * NOTE: This function relies on the fact that entries for a
 	 * D/F conflict will appear adjacent in the index, with the
@@ -1274,9 +1275,13 @@ static int merge_content(struct merge_options *o,
 	}
 
 	if (mfi.clean && !df_conflict_remains &&
-	    sha_eq(mfi.sha, a_sha) && mfi.mode == a.mode)
+	    sha_eq(mfi.sha, a_sha) && mfi.mode == a.mode &&
+	    lstat(path, &st) == 0) {
 		output(o, 3, "Skipped %s (merged same as existing)", path);
-	else
+		add_cacheinfo(mfi.mode, mfi.sha, path,
+			      0 /*stage*/, 1 /*refresh*/, 0 /*options*/);
+		return mfi.clean;
+	} else
 		output(o, 2, "Auto-merging %s", path);
 
 	if (!mfi.clean) {
diff --git a/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh b/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh
index 88cc410..6f9df68 100755
--- a/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh
+++ b/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup avoid unnecessary update, normal rename' '
 	git commit -m "Random, unrelated changes"
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'avoid unnecessary update, normal rename' '
+test_expect_success 'avoid unnecessary update, normal rename' '
 	git checkout -q avoid-unnecessary-update-1^0 &&
 	test-chmtime =1 rename &&
 	test-chmtime -v +0 rename >expect &&
-- 
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Message 4 of 5 in “[PATCHv3 0/3] Fix unnecessary (mtime) updates of files during merge”
  1. Elijah NewrenMar 3, 2011
  2. 1/3 t6022: New test checking for unnecessary updates of renamed+modified filesElijah Newren, Mar 3, 2011
  3. 2/3 t6022: New test checking for unnecessary updates of files in D/F conflictsElijah Newren, Mar 3, 2011
  4. 3/3 merge-recursive: When we detect we can skip an update, actually skip itElijah Newren, Mar 3, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2011

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