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Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an assert

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 1, 2021, 23:59 UTC
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tboegi@web.de writes:
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> From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
>
> The following sequence, on a case-insensitive file system,
> (strictly speeking with core.ignorecase=true)
> leads to an assertion failure and leaves .git/index.lock behind.
>
> git init
> echo foo >foo
> git add foo
> git mv foo FOO
> git mv foo bar
>
> This regression was introduced in Commit 9b906af657,
> "git-mv: improve error message for conflicted file"
>
> The bugfix is to change the "file exist case-insensitive in the index"
> into the correct "file exist (case-sensitive) in the index".
>
> This avoids the "assert" later in the code and keeps setting up the
> "ce" pointer for ce_stage(ce) done in the next else if.
>
> This fixes
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2920
>
> Reported-By: Dan Moseley <Dan.Moseley@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Thanks, that looks better.
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> ---
> Changes since V2:
>   avoid the trailer mess-up by putting "this fixes" before the trailers
>   Make clearer why cache_name_pos() (leaving a dangling ce) followed
>   by an additional cache_file_exists() to set up ce can be optimized
>   into a single cache_file_exists()
>
> builtin/mv.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
> index 7dac714af9..3fccdcb645 100644
> --- a/builtin/mv.c
> +++ b/builtin/mv.c
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  				}
>  				argc += last - first;
>  			}
> -		} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, ignore_case))) {
> +		} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, 0))) {
>  			bad = _("not under version control");
>  		} else if (ce_stage(ce)) {
>  			bad = _("conflicted");
> --
> 2.30.0.155.g66e871b664
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  1. git-mv: fix git mv bug with case insensitive fsDan Moseley, Dec 29, 2020
  2. Torsten BögershausenDec 31, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021
  4. 1/1 git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an asserttboegi@web.de, Jan 6, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021
  6. 1/1 git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an asserttboegi@web.de, Mar 1, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  8. Chris TorekMar 1, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  10. 1/1 git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an asserttboegi@web.de, Mar 1, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021
  12. Dan MoseleyMar 1, 2021
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2021

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