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[PATCH] git-mv: fix git mv bug with case insensitive fs

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DMDan Moseley <dan.moseley@microsoft.com>
Date
Dec 29, 2020, 02:06 UTC
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Fix git mv to not assert when src is already in the index under a different casing, core.caseInsensitive=true, and the file system is case insensitive.

Since 9b906af657 the check that git mv does to ensure the src is in the cache respects caseInsensitive. As a result git mv allows a move from a file that has a different case in the index than it does on disk. After the rename on disk, git mv fails to find the file in the cache in order to rename it in the index, and asserts. Assertion failed: pos >= 0, file builtin/mv.c, line 295

This is the simplest possible fix, suggested by @tboegi. It does leave the file renamed on disk, but that is easy to reverse after the error.

Another option would be to change the aforementioned check to always be case sensitive, but I am not sure whether there is a scenario where it is useful to be insensitive.

Signed-off-by: Dan Moseley <danmose@microsoft.com>
---
Originally reported in https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2920
but this is not specific to Windows.
 builtin/mv.c  | 6 ++++--
 t/t7001-mv.sh | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c index 7dac714af9..e1fd8a5e00 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -292,8 +292,10 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        continue;

                pos = cache_name_pos(src, strlen(src));
-               assert(pos >= 0);
-               rename_cache_entry_at(pos, dst);
+               if (pos >= 0)
+                       rename_cache_entry_at(pos, dst);
+               else if (!ignore_errors)
+                       die(_("bad source: source=%s, destination=%s"), 
+ src, dst);
        }

        if (gitmodules_modified)
diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh index 63d5f41a12..5c7fee9bd8 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ test_expect_success \
     'move into "."' \
     'git mv path1/path2/ .'

+test_expect_success \
+    'fail to move file already in index under different cased name' \
+    'echo 1 > foo &&
+     git add foo &&
+     git commit -m add_file -- foo &&
+     git mv foo FOO &&
+     test_expect_code 128 git mv foo BAR'
+
 test_expect_success "Michael Cassar's test case" '
        rm -fr .git papers partA &&
        git init &&
--
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  1. git-mv: fix git mv bug with case insensitive fsDan Moseley, Dec 29, 2020
  2. Torsten BögershausenDec 31, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021
  4. 1/1 git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an asserttboegi@web.de, Jan 6, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021
  6. 1/1 git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an asserttboegi@web.de, Mar 1, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  8. Chris TorekMar 1, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  10. 1/1 git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an asserttboegi@web.de, Mar 1, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  12. Dan MoseleyMar 1, 2021
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