Re: Git checkout issue - deleting file without apparent reason

From: Bryan Turner <bturner@atlassian.com>
Date: May 3, 2017, 01:49 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGyf7-GfY7EEi80N-GjuZ4Pg7h1ooRNQ9YPvNayBZdFr8+kuEw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAK6FQHcHxwCgzGFCnV_3wvX-sVvL8cHpZH11x6ffbzxUJTTGCQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Paul van Wichen <paul.vanwichen@cloudcheckr.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> We are having a strange issue that we haven't been able to pin down.
> Scenario: master branch and feature branch both have a specific file.
> 1. Master checked out.
> 2. git status show no changes / clean staging area.
> 3. Checkout feature branch .
> 4. git status show no changes / clean staging area.
> 5. Checkout master again.
> 6. git status shows that a file has been deleted (i.e. the file was
> removed from the file system and the staging area shows it as
> deleted).
>
> The file exists in both the feature branch and the master branch. As
> best as we can tell, the file is identical on both commits.
> The issue occurs on multiple platforms - tested on Windows and OS X.
> It only occurs for 1 specific file.
>
> Based on the activity of the file, nothing stands out as unusual.
>
> How we go about troubleshooting this and determining the cause?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul van Wichen.