From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 07:52:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] contrib/subtree: fix "subtree split" skipped-merge bug
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSfkz=SNOn+8yP-QN8gJ0ej1wo3HW+y3NO+QvUCOP=+8A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1449620377-30479-1-git-send-email-davidw@realtimegenomics.com>

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Dave Ware <davidw@realtimegenomics.com> wrote:
> 'git subtree split' can incorrectly skip a merge even when both parents
> act on the subtree, provided the merge results in a tree identical to
> one of the parents. Fix by copying the merge if at least one parent is
> non-identical, and the non-identical parent is not an ancestor of the
> identical parent.
>
> Also, add a test case which checks that a descendant can be pushed to
> its ancestor in this case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Ware <davidw@realtimegenomics.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
> @@ -468,4 +468,56 @@ test_expect_success 'verify one file change per commit' '
>         ))
>  '
>
> +test_expect_success 'subtree descendent check' '

s/descendent/descendant/

> +       mkdir git_subtree_split_check &&
> +       (
> +               cd git_subtree_split_check &&
> +[...]
> +               git push . subtree_tip:subtree_branch
> +       )
> +       '

Style nit: don't indent closing quotation mark

>  test_done
> --
> 1.9.1