From: Pixel <pixel@mandriva.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:25:30 GMT
Subject: bug: transform a binary file into a symlink in one commit => invalid binary patch
Message-ID: <lyhc3q9pl1.fsf@leia.mandriva.com>

hi, 

i hit a bug (git 1.6.1): when you transform a binary file into a
symlink in one commit, the binary patch can't be used in "git apply".
Is it a known issue?


reproducer: 

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#!/bin/sh -e

# the bug: if you transform a binary file into a symlink in one commit, 
# the binary patch can't be used in "git apply"
#
# nb: if you uncomment the "##" lines, the problem disappears
# since the first patch will empty the binary file then the non-binary file
# will be transformed into a symlink

rm -rf t t2
mkdir t
dd if=/dev/urandom of=t/a count=10
cp -r t t2

cd t
git init
git add .
git commit -m initial

##echo -n > a
##git commit -a -m foo
ln -sf zzz a
git commit -a -m foo2
git format-patch :/initial

cd ../t2
git apply ../t/*.patch

cd ..
rm -rf t t2
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