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[PATCH 3/5] Teach "apply --index-info" to handle rename patches

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 23, 2010, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20100723170444.GD2507@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20100723170103.GA2507@burratino>
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:49:03 -0800

With v1.5.3.2~14 (apply --index-info: fall back to current index for mode changes, 2007-09-17), git apply learned to stop worrying about the lack of diff index line when a file already present in the current index had no content change.

But it still worries too much: for rename patches, it is checking that both the old and new filename are present in the current index. This makes no sense, since a file rename generally involves creating a file there was none before.

So just check the old filename.
Noticed while trying to use “git rebase” with diff.renames = copies.
[jn: add tests]
Reported-by: David D. Kilzer <ddkilzer@kilzer.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/apply.c |    3 +--
 t/t4150-am.sh   |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 12ef9ea..f38c1f7 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -2979,8 +2979,7 @@ static void build_fake_ancestor(struct patch *list, const char *filename)
 		else if (get_sha1(patch->old_sha1_prefix, sha1))
 			/* git diff has no index line for mode/type changes */
 			if (!patch->lines_added && !patch->lines_deleted) {
-				if (get_current_sha1(patch->new_name, sha1) ||
-				    get_current_sha1(patch->old_name, sha1))
+				if (get_current_sha1(patch->old_name, sha1))
 					die("mode change for %s, which is not "
 						"in current HEAD", name);
 				sha1_ptr = sha1;
diff --git a/t/t4150-am.sh b/t/t4150-am.sh
index 70b57de..1c3d8ed 100755
--- a/t/t4150-am.sh
+++ b/t/t4150-am.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	git commit -m "added another file" &&
 
 	git format-patch --stdout master >lorem-move.patch &&
+
+	git checkout -b rename &&
+	git mv file renamed &&
+	git commit -m "renamed a file" &&
+
+	git format-patch -M --stdout lorem >rename.patch &&
+
+	git reset --soft lorem^ &&
+	git commit -m "renamed a file and added another" &&
+
+	git format-patch -M --stdout lorem^ >rename-add.patch &&
+
 	# reset time
 	unset test_tick &&
 	test_tick
@@ -246,8 +258,42 @@ test_expect_success 'am -3 falls back to 3-way merge' '
 	git diff --exit-code lorem
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'am can rename a file' '
+	grep "^rename from" rename.patch &&
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout lorem^0 &&
+	git am rename.patch &&
+	! test -d .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff --exit-code rename
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'am -3 can rename a file' '
+	grep "^rename from" rename.patch &&
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout lorem^0 &&
+	git am -3 rename.patch &&
+	! test -d .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff --exit-code rename
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'am -3 can rename a file after falling back to 3-way merge' '
+	grep "^rename from" rename-add.patch &&
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout lorem^0 &&
+	git am -3 rename-add.patch &&
+	! test -d .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff --exit-code rename
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'am -3 -q is quiet' '
 	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git checkout -f lorem2 &&
 	git reset master2 --hard &&
 	sed -n -e "3,\$p" msg >file &&
 	head -n 9 msg >>file &&
-- 
1.7.2.rc3
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Message 15 of 22 in “3-way merge with file move fails when diff.renames = copies”
  1. 3-way merge with file move fails when diff.renames = copiesDavid D. Kilzer, Nov 10, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinNov 10, 2008
  3. Fix 3-way merge with file move when diff.renames = copiesDavid D. Kilzer, Nov 10, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2008
  5. David D. KilzerNov 11, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2008
  7. Fix rebase with file move when diff.renames = copiesDavid D. Kilzer, Jul 21, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2010
  9. David D. KilzerJul 22, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 22, 2010
  11. David D. KilzerJul 22, 2010
  12. 0/5 Fix rebase with file move when diff.renames = copiesJonathan Nieder, Jul 23, 2010
  13. 1/5 t4150 (am): style tweaksJonathan Nieder, Jul 23, 2010
  14. 2/5 t4150 (am): futureproof against failing testsJonathan Nieder, Jul 23, 2010
  15. 3/5 Teach "apply --index-info" to handle rename patchesJonathan Nieder, Jul 23, 2010
  16. 4/5 t3400 (rebase): whitespace cleanupJonathan Nieder, Jul 23, 2010
  17. 5/5 rebase: protect against diff.renames configurationJonathan Nieder, Jul 23, 2010
  18. Sverre RabbelierJul 23, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2010
  20. Sverre RabbelierJul 23, 2010
  21. David D. KilzerJul 23, 2010
  22. Jonathan NiederJul 24, 2010

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