Re: [PATCH v3] subtree: validate --prefix against commit in split

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2026, 19:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwm0vx8pi.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <7k7ewvrb5hj3jyesiigy6dvo5w5pl67rk7ihztsuxbtqpymafv@ey64nvhzhacg>

Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> writes:

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> Unfortunately, it seems this patch breaks the subtree tests. We noticed
> a failure in our build system at $WORK, and I was able to bisect the
> failure to this commit:
>
> $ git bisect start 54b18a3513eed9ed5ced5c238ade55a434fd619a 66b2238f5c17644ddf15f75a53c76faeca6d9f1e
> $ git bisect run sh -c 'make && make -C contrib/subtree && make -C contrib/subtree test'
>
> The tests fail on case 17 - split requires path given by option --prefix
> must exist.

Thanks for a quick regression report while it is still in 'next', so that we can revert it out of 'next' without breaking the 'master'.