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Re: "git pull" throws away dirty state

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Mar 16, 2008, 18:24 UTC
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> Ok, this is distressing, and I suspect it's another bug of mine due to 
> unpack-trees changes, but before I delve into it deeper I thought I'd 
> report it here and see if others see it too, and maybe it's due to 
> something else..
Nope, I bisected it down to
	34110cd4e394e3f92c01a4709689b384c34645d8 is first bad commit
	Make 'unpack_trees()' have a separate source and destination index
and I'm trying to figure out what part of that triggered this bug.
		Linus
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  1. Linus TorvaldsMar 16, 2008
  2. Linus TorvaldsMar 16, 2008
  3. Nicolas PitreMar 16, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2008
  6. Don't update unchanged merge entriesLinus Torvalds, Mar 16, 2008
  7. Daniel BarkalowMar 16, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsMar 16, 2008
  9. Daniel BarkalowMar 16, 2008
  10. Linus TorvaldsMar 16, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2008

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