From: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:45:31 GMT
Subject: [BUG] merge into unborn branch resets index+WT even if populated
Message-ID: <201008170945.31850.trast@student.ethz.ch>

Hi,

I'm posting this on behalf of Dscho who reported it on IRC, but
apparently doesn't have the time for email.

If you run the following sequence of commands:

  git init
  echo foo > somefile
  git add somefile
  git pull elsewhere master

(where 'elsewhere' is any repo having a master branch) the "merge into
unborn branch" logic silently nukes the index AND worktree copy of
"somefile", thereby losing it.  The same works with fetch+merge, so
it's not pull's fault.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch