From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:30:09 GMT
Subject: Re: smudge filters during checkout & crash consistency
Message-ID: <xmqqk33046ha.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAMsgyKbox7e2pv4+_=jG6Ywh3Km2gPsw+Qf6qj-28GWrVg7RZQ@mail.gmail.com>

Derek Moore <derek.p.moore@gmail.com> writes:

> I have a case where I would like to smudge files according to the
> reflog information of the switching-to branch.

Don't do that.

When you have branches A, B and C, and a path F is the same between
branches A and B but different in branch C, if you start from branch
C and switch to branch A, F will be updated and obtain your smudge
tailored for "branch A's instance of F".

But if you then switch to B from that state, F will not even be
modified (i.e. it will keep the contents you prepared for "branch
A's instance of F").

In short, do not make clean/smudge depend on anything but blob
contents.