From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:07:46 GMT Subject: Re: Git revert cannot be aborted if the repository directory has been copied Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <9fd66b8f-c457-451b-9862-6121128b2786@app.fastmail.com> On Sun, Nov 3, 2024, at 16:04, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: > On Sun, Nov 3, 2024, at 03:34, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Marco Stephan writes: >> >>> If you copy a Git repository directory to another path while there is a revert in progress for the Git repository, "git revert --abort" does not work anymore for the copied repository. Instead, it will report an error of the following format: >>>       error: Entry '...' not uptodate. Cannot merge. >>>       fatal: Could not reset index file to revision '...'. >> >> I wonder if >> >> $ git update-index --refresh >> >> is all it takes. > > > This is correct. This successful test can be added to > t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh: (Meaning one can add it there if one wants to see for themselves) -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk