Re: Git allow to unconditionaly remove files on other developer host

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Apr 15, 2017, 12:27 UTC
Message-ID: <c09e2447-a528-9da1-9936-9b0ebfdddd78@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <4747541492256174@web25g.yandex.ru>

Am 15.04.2017 um 13:36 schrieb KES:

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> That curious, but git allow to unconditionally delete files on other developer host when he do `git pull`
>
> How to reproduce:
>
> 1. File should be ignored:
> echo "somefile" >> .gitignore
>
> 2. Add this ignored file into repository
> git add -f somefile
>
> 3. Push changes to origin
> git push
>
> 4. When other developer has also 'somefile' on his host and when he does
> git pull
>
> Content of hist local `somefile` file will be replaced by content pushed by first developer

This happens *only* if the other developers also have somefile mentioned in their .gitignore.

>
> EXPECTED: git should warn about that content will be replaced and do not pull/checkout until we force pull/checkout

If somefile is *not* mentioned in their .gitignore, the file is not removed and there is a warning.

Know that Git regards everything mentioned in .gitignore as dispensible; IOW, by mentioning a file in .gitignore you actually give permission to remove the file if necessary. Git does not have a feature to say "ignore this file, but it is precious".

-- Hannes