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Re: Bug? - Unexpected lock file error

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 5, 2008, 23:47 UTC
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"Eric Raible" <raible@gmail.com> writes:
> If 'empty' has any commits then the merge happens as expected.

I think it is a bug in the git-merge rewritten in C, in "Already uptodate!" codepath.

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  4. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2008
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  6. builtin-merge: release the lockfile in try_merge_strategy()Miklos Vajna, Sep 6, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008

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