Re: 'typechange' in the git-status output

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mar 14, 2011, 18:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20110314183947.GA21070@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimWR0avW6mBWGa0ArVB8oZUM7nuvc5AYf=wgU-W@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 08:29:57PM +0200, Alexei Sholik wrote:

> But then, after copying the whole directory with 'cp -r' and running
> git-status in the newly created directory, I get the following:

"cp -r" isn't an exact copy. You probably want "cp -a" or at least "cp -rs".

Show 6 quoted lines

> > # On branch master
> > # Changed but not updated:
> > #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> > #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> > #
> > #	typechange: RelNotes

Right. RelNotes is a symlink. But "cp -r" dereferences the symlink and copies the file contents themselves.

> What happened with the copied repository? I've found a couple of
> instances of the word 'typechange' in the source, but no mention in
> the docs. What does it mean and what could be the cause of this
> change?

It's the same as the "T" flag in "git diff --name-status". Namely, the type of the file changed (between a symlink and a regular file).

-Peff