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Re: [BUG] Symbolic links break "git fast-export"?

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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Jun 30, 2019, 18:28 UTC
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Am 30.06.19 um 15:05 schrieb Lars Schneider:
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>> On Jun 24, 2019, at 11:58 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>> You'd have to split the renames into separate delete/adds, since they
>> can have a circular dependency. E.g. renaming "foo" to "bar" and "bar"
>> to "foo", you must remove "foo" and "bar" both, and then add them back
>> in.
> 
> @peff: Can you give me a hint how one would perform this circular
> dependency in a single commit? I try to write a test case for this.

git mv Makefile foo git mv COPYING Makefile git mv foo COPYING git diff -B HEAD

-- Hannes
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  1. Lars SchneiderJun 24, 2019
  2. Elijah NewrenJun 24, 2019
  3. Jeff KingJun 24, 2019
  4. Lars SchneiderJun 30, 2019
  5. Johannes SixtJun 30, 2019
  6. Elijah NewrenJul 1, 2019
  7. Lars SchneiderJun 30, 2019
  8. Elijah NewrenJul 1, 2019
  9. Elijah NewrenJun 24, 2019

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