Re: Possible minor bug in Git

From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date: Jan 31, 2019, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID: <20190131203447.aovalz2vzsjpdjdv@tb-raspi4>
In-Reply-To: <CAHYHVP+Dvbq_aOMy1_Kq0LHJsd4r+4GiP3N3R4A9ouAoJ4gw9g@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 09:29:28AM +0200, Angelo Melonas wrote:

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> Just to clarify, I made a mistake above. Instead of "untracked", I
> meant "unstaged".
> I apologise for the confusion.
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:01 AM Angelo Melonas <angelomelonas@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good day,
> >
> > I found a potential bug in Git for Windows. The bug can be reproduced
> > as follows:
> >
> > 1. Modify a file so that it shows up as "untracked" when executing the
> > "git status" command.
> > 2. Attempt to "git add" the file, but change the case of a single
> > letter. The command executes but no warning or error is displayed.
> > 3. Execute "git status" again and it still shows the file as "untracked".
> >
> > Please let me know if I am mistaken. I also have a screenshot
> > demonstrating the "bug" which I cannot attach to this email, but which
> > can be requested.
> >
> > Have a great day.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Angelo Melonas

See the example below, Git tracks AA.txt, so you must run git add AA.txt

After a commit, you can tell Git that the file was renamed: git mv AA.txt Aa.txt (and then a commit)

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user@mac:/tmp/tt2> git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/tt2/.git/
user@mac:/tmp/tt2> echo AAA > AA.txt
user@mac:/tmp/tt2> git add AA.txt
user@mac:/tmp/tt2> git commit -m AA.txt
[master (root-commit) f102760] AA.txt
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
  create mode 100644 AA.txt
  user@mac:/tmp/tt2> echo BB >AA.txt
  user@mac:/tmp/tt2> mv AA.txt  Aa.txt
  user@mac:/tmp/tt2> git status
  On branch master
  Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
      (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   AA.txt

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
user@mac:/tmp/tt2> git add AA.txt
user@mac:/tmp/tt2> git status
On branch master
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

        modified:   AA.txt

user@mac:/tmp/tt2>