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Re: Bug? git worktree fails with master on bare repo

From
Michael Tutty <mtutty@gforgegroup.com>
Date
Oct 9, 2016, 13:42 UTC
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Dennis, Thanks for the great response, and for spending time on my issue. I'll try that first patch and see what happens.

In the meantime, it got weirder...

I created a brand-new (bare) repo and was able to git add worktree /path master. I was able to do this repeatedly, even using the worktree to merge other branches to master. I didn't find any condition or step that caused some kind of orphan master work tree, which was what I thought the underlying problem might be.

So, on the one hand, you found code validating my initial experience. But on the other hand, I found a test case that didn't appear to have that problem.

WAT.
      M.
On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker
> <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2016-10-08 at 19:30 -0500, Michael Tutty wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>> I'm working on some server-side software to do a merge. By using git
>>> worktree it's possible to check out a given branch for a bare repo and
>>> merge another branch into it. It's very fast, even with large
>>> repositories.
>>>
>>> The only exception seems to be merging to master. When I do git
>>> worktree add /tmp/path/to/worktree master I get an error:
>>>
>>> [fatal: 'master' is already checked out at '/path/to/bare/repo']
>>>
>>> But this is clearly not true, git worktree list gives:
>>>
>>> [/path/to/bare/repo (bare)]
>>>
>>> ...and of course, there is no work tree at that path, just the bare
>>> repo files you'd expect.
>>
>> The worktree code treats the base repo as a worktree, even if it's
>> bare. For the purpose of being able to do a checkout of the main branch
>> of a bare repo, this patch should do:
>>
>> diff --git a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
>> index 4bcc335..b618d6b 100755
>> --- a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
>> +++ b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
>> @@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout from a bare repo without "add"' '
>>         )
>>  '
>>
>> +test_expect_success '"add" default branch of a bare repo' '
>> +       (
>> +               git clone --bare . bare2 &&
>> +               cd bare2 &&
>> +               git worktree add ../there3 master
>> +       )
>> +'
>> +
>>  test_expect_success 'checkout with grafts' '
>>         test_when_finished rm .git/info/grafts &&
>>         test_commit abc &&
>> diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c
>> index 5acfe4c..35e95b7 100644
>> --- a/worktree.c
>> +++ b/worktree.c
>> @@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ const struct worktree *find_shared_symref(const char *symref,
>>
>>         for (i = 0; worktrees[i]; i++) {
>>                 struct worktree *wt = worktrees[i];
>> +               if(wt->is_bare)
>> +                       continue;
>>
>>                 if (wt->is_detached && !strcmp(symref, "HEAD")) {
>>                         if (is_worktree_being_rebased(wt, target)) {
>>
>>
>
> You're fast :) I'm still studying  8d9fdd7 (worktree.c: check whether
> branch is rebased in another worktree - 2016-04-22). But yeah that
> should fix it.
>
>> But I'm wondering why the worktree code does this. A bare repo isn't a
>> worktree and I think it shouldn't treat it as one. A patch that rips
>> out this feature and updates the tests to match would look like this:
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
>> index 5c4854d..3600530 100644
>> --- a/builtin/worktree.c
>> +++ b/builtin/worktree.c
>> @@ -382,15 +382,11 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
>>  static void show_worktree_porcelain(struct worktree *wt)
>>  {
>>         printf("worktree %s\n", wt->path);
>> -       if (wt->is_bare)
>> -               printf("bare\n");
>> -       else {
>> -               printf("HEAD %s\n", sha1_to_hex(wt->head_sha1));
>> -               if (wt->is_detached)
>> -                       printf("detached\n");
>> -               else
>> -                       printf("branch %s\n", wt->head_ref);
>> -       }
>> +       printf("HEAD %s\n", sha1_to_hex(wt->head_sha1));
>> +       if (wt->is_detached)
>> +               printf("detached\n");
>> +       else
>> +               printf("branch %s\n", wt->head_ref);
>>         printf("\n");
>>  }
>
> This goes back to the first very first commit of "git worktree list":
> bb9c03b (worktree: add 'list' command - 2015-10-08) and was sort of
> pointed out during review [1] but nobody answered it.
>
> A bare repo does not have an associated worktree. However only main
> worktree can be bare. If we take this out, "git worktree list"'s first
> line will no longer be about the main worktree (because it does not
> exist). That may cause trouble since we promised in "git-worktree.txt"
> that the main worktree is listed first. I don't think we have any way
> else to determine if the main worktree exists. Showing "bare" may be
> the way to see if we have a main worktree or not. So we probably want
> to keep this function unchanged.
>
> [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/%3CCANoM8SWeqxD2vWLQmEfxxxn8Dz4yPfjGOoOH=Azn1A3So+wz2Q@mail.gmail.com%3E/
> --
> Duy
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  1. Michael TuttyOct 9, 2016
  2. Kevin DaudtOct 9, 2016
  3. Dennis KaarsemakerOct 9, 2016
  4. Duy NguyenOct 9, 2016
  5. Michael TuttyOct 9, 2016
  6. Duy NguyenOct 10, 2016
  7. Michael TuttyOct 10, 2016
  8. Kevin DaudtOct 11, 2016
  9. worktree: allow the main brach of a bare repository to be checked outDennis Kaarsemaker, Oct 12, 2016
  10. Michael TuttyOct 12, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2016
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2016
  13. Duy NguyenOct 13, 2016
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