Creating a hardlink to any of the file in git repo cause the source
file
to show up in git commit message editor under "Changes not staged for
commit"
section.
Reproduced on:
Ubuntu 10.04, Gentoo, FreeBSD
Git version: 1.7.6
Bug has been observed by atleast 3 people.
Follow these steps to reproduce:
# create test repo
cd /tmp
mkdir -p test-repo/repo
cd test-repo/repo
git init
git config user.name "Foo"
git config user.email "foo@example.com"
# put some files in the repo
touch FILE1 FILE2 FILE3 FILE4 FILE5
git add -A
git commit -m "initial commit"
# create git hook that hardlink FILE2 and FILE3 and remove the
hardlinks
# right then and there
echo "ln -vf FILE2 ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE2" >| .git/hooks/pre-commit
echo "rm -vf ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE2" >> .git/hooks/pre-commit
echo "ln -vf FILE3 ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE3" >> .git/hooks/pre-commit
echo "rm -vf ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE3" >> .git/hooks/pre-commit
# make pre-commit executable
chmod u+x .git/hooks/pre-commit
# modify FILE1
echo "hello world" >> FILE1
# run git status
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: FILE1
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# try commit using nano as commit editor and without usin -a flag
VISUAL=nano git commit FILE1
# Despite the fact that they are modified FILE2 and FILE3 will show in
the
# commit message, under "Changes not staged for commit" section
# like so:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
# Explicit paths specified without -i nor -o; assuming --only paths...
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
# modified: FILE1
#
# 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: FILE2
# modified: FILE3
#
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In case anyone interested, tor me this happens when I do a python EGG
build
which hardlinks files in order to build.
-- Michael