Re: Git svn rebase/dcommit break (index) if not run from directory containing ./.git

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: May 27, 2010, 21:04 UTC
Message-ID: <20100527210419.GB2291@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <op.vdcugytd1e62zd@merlin.emma.line.org>

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Am 26.05.2010, 20:51 Uhr, schrieb Eric Wong:
>> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
>>> [resending this with new Subject since there wasn't a reply in 33 days,
>>> cc:ing Eric]
>>>
>>> === Reproduce ===
>>>
>>> 1. Use a git-svn checkout that has at least one subdirectory
>>>
>>> 2. cd to that subdirectory
>>>
>>> 3. run git svn rebase. It concludes successfully, then:
>>>
>>> 4. git diff-index HEAD -> output like the one shown above.
>>>
>>> This is on Cygwin 1.7.5 w/ Windows 7 32-bit professional German.
>>
>> Hi Matthias,
>>
>> I can't reproduce this on a GNU/Linux system, so I'm guessing this
>> is a weird Cygwin/Windows issue, and I don't know Windows.
>
> Do you deem it possible to have the workaround applied in code, i. e.  
> change to the top-level directory up front?

"git rebase" (invoked by "git svn") already does that. This could be a bug in "git rebase" itself...

> If not, any hints as to debugging facilities and procedures beyond  
> GIT_TRACE?

Well I usually use "strace -f", but that's Linux-only. Maybe there's something similar for Cygwin.

-- 
Eric Wong