Creating a hardlink to any of the file in git repo cause the source file to show up in git commit message editor under "Changes not staged for commit" section.
Reproduced on: Ubuntu 10.04, Gentoo, FreeBSD Git version: 1.7.6
Bug has been observed by atleast 3 people.
Follow these steps to reproduce:
# create test repo cd /tmp mkdir -p test-repo/repo cd test-repo/repo git init git config user.name "Foo" git config user.email "foo@example.com"
# put some files in the repo touch FILE1 FILE2 FILE3 FILE4 FILE5 git add -A git commit -m "initial commit"
# create git hook that hardlink FILE2 and FILE3 and remove the hardlinks # right then and there echo "ln -vf FILE2 ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE2" >| .git/hooks/pre-commit echo "rm -vf ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE2" >> .git/hooks/pre-commit echo "ln -vf FILE3 ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE3" >> .git/hooks/pre-commit echo "rm -vf ../HARDLINK_TO_FILE3" >> .git/hooks/pre-commit
# make pre-commit executable chmod u+x .git/hooks/pre-commit
# modify FILE1 echo "hello world" >> FILE1
# run git status git status ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: FILE1 # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# try commit using nano as commit editor and without usin -a flag VISUAL=nano git commit FILE1
# Despite the fact that they are modified FILE2 and FILE3 will show in the # commit message, under "Changes not staged for commit" section # like so:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit. # Explicit paths specified without -i nor -o; assuming --only paths... # On branch master # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # modified: FILE1 # # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: FILE2 # modified: FILE3 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In case anyone interested, tor me this happens when I do a python EGG build which hardlinks files in order to build.
-- Michael
