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Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] t7002: add tests for moving from in-cone to out-of-cone

From
Shaoxuan Yuan <shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2022, 11:24 UTC
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<3c4ee06e-1145-8efc-ddb9-eeaed81079f5@gmail.com>
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On 8/9/2022 10:55 AM, Shaoxuan Yuan wrote:
 >> 2. Move a (clean or dirty) in-cone source directory to an out-of-cone
 >>     destination where one or more files in <src> overwrite files in 
<dst>.
 >>     For example, something like:
 >>
 >>     echo test >sub/dir/file1 &&
 >>     git add sub/dir/file1 &&
 >>     git mv --sparse sub/dir folder1
 >>
 >>     I don't have a strong opinion on the behavior (does it fail the 
whole
 >>     'mv' operation? move everything except the files that overwrite
 >>     something?), but it would help to have it documented via test here.
 > OK. I think it will fail the whole `mv` operation. The program will 
report unspecified
 > overwrite during the early checking phase. The actual "moving" phase 
won't be touched
 > at all because Git complains early.

No, actually this example does not fail anything. Because "sub/dir/file1" after the move will be "folder1/dir/file1", and this move does not involve overwrite at all.

I'm still adding a test case that precisely reflects the main idea here, though. Thanks for the suggestion :)

-- Thanks, Shaoxuan

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Message 33 of 61 in “mv: from in-cone to out-of-cone”
  1. 0/7 mv: from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  2. 1/7 t7002: add tests for moving from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 19, 2022
  4. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2022
  6. 2/7 mv: add documentation for check_dir_in_index()Shaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  7. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  8. Shaoxuan YuanJul 21, 2022
  9. Victoria DyeJul 19, 2022
  10. Victoria DyeJul 19, 2022
  11. Shaoxuan YuanJul 21, 2022
  12. 3/7 mv: free the *with_slash in check_dir_in_index()Shaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  13. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  14. 5/7 mv: remove BOTH from enum update_modeShaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  15. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  16. 4/7 mv: check if <destination> is a SKIP_WORKTREE_DIRShaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  17. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  18. Shaoxuan YuanJul 21, 2022
  19. Derrick StoleeJul 22, 2022
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2022
  21. 6/7 mv: from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  22. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  23. Shaoxuan YuanAug 3, 2022
  24. Derrick StoleeAug 3, 2022
  25. Shaoxuan YuanAug 4, 2022
  26. 7/7 mv: check overwrite for in-to-out moveShaoxuan Yuan, Jul 19, 2022
  27. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  28. Derrick StoleeJul 19, 2022
  29. 0/9 mv: from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  30. 1/9 t7002: add tests for moving from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  31. Victoria DyeAug 9, 2022
  32. Shaoxuan YuanAug 9, 2022
  33. Shaoxuan YuanAug 9, 2022
  34. Shaoxuan YuanAug 9, 2022
  35. 2/9 mv: rename check_dir_in_index() to empty_dir_has_sparse_contents()Shaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  36. 3/9 mv: free the *with_slash in check_dir_in_index()Shaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  37. Victoria DyeAug 8, 2022
  38. Shaoxuan YuanAug 9, 2022
  39. 4/9 mv: check if <destination> is a SKIP_WORKTREE_DIRShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  40. Victoria DyeAug 8, 2022
  41. Victoria DyeAug 9, 2022
  42. Shaoxuan YuanAug 9, 2022
  43. 5/9 mv: remove BOTH from enum update_modeShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  44. 6/9 mv: from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  45. Victoria DyeAug 9, 2022
  46. Shaoxuan YuanAug 9, 2022
  47. 7/9 mv: cleanup empty WORKING_DIRECTORYShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  48. 8/9 advice.h: add advise_on_moving_dirty_path()Shaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  49. 9/9 mv: check overwrite for in-to-out moveShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 5, 2022
  50. Victoria DyeAug 8, 2022
  51. 0/9 mv: from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  52. 1/9 t7002: add tests for moving from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  53. 2/9 mv: rename check_dir_in_index() to empty_dir_has_sparse_contents()Shaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  54. 3/9 mv: free the with_slash in check_dir_in_index()Shaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  55. 5/9 mv: remove BOTH from enum update_modeShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  56. 6/9 mv: from in-cone to out-of-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  57. 7/9 mv: cleanup empty WORKING_DIRECTORYShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  58. 8/9 advice.h: add advise_on_moving_dirty_path()Shaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  59. 9/9 mv: check overwrite for in-to-out moveShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  60. 4/9 mv: check if <destination> is a SKIP_WORKTREE_DIRShaoxuan Yuan, Aug 9, 2022
  61. Victoria DyeAug 16, 2022

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