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Re: [PATCH/RFC v1 1/1] git mv foo FOO ; git mv foo bar gave an assert

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 6, 2021, 23:51 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqpn2hoc89.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To
<20210106105302.16878-1-tboegi@web.de>
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, and leaves .git/index.lock behind.
"an assertion failure" you mean.
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>
> 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"
>
> Don't check if the case-insensitive version is in the index.
> In the sense of 9b906af657 supply the user with a more helpful message.
>
> 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>
> ---
>
> Note:
> There is an ongoing effort to replace cache_file_exists() with
> index_file_exists().  So this patch may need to be re-done.
Thanks for a heads-up.
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>
> Note2: @Dan Moseley: Do you want to continue with this work ?
>
> builtin/mv.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
> index 7dac714af9..8572a5dae0 100644
> --- a/builtin/mv.c
> +++ b/builtin/mv.c
> @@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  				}
>  				argc += last - first;
>  			}
> -		} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, ignore_case))) {
> -			bad = _("not under version control");
> +		} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, 0))) {
> +			if (cache_file_exists(src, length, ignore_case))
> +				bad = _("not under version control (upper/lower mixup)");
> +			else
> +				bad = _("not under version control");
>  		} else if (ce_stage(ce)) {
>  			bad = _("conflicted");
>  		} else if (lstat(dst, &st) == 0 &&
> --
> 2.28.0.97.gdc04167d37
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Message 5 of 13 in “git-mv: fix git mv bug with case insensitive fs”
  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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