# [BUG] Branches before "git subtree add --squash" are pushed via "git subtree push"

2 messages from 2019-07-15 to 2020-08-14. Participants: Danny Lin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/51482

## Danny Lin, 2019-07-15 18:30

Subject: [BUG] Branches before "git subtree add --squash" are pushed via "git subtree push"
Message-ID: <CAMbsUu5bYN9q34st8AhOCv8y5eJQpVpEKOO3ebTi+CxbYetgmQ@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAMbsUu5bYN9q34st8AhOCv8y5eJQpVpEKOO3ebTi%2BCxbYetgmQ%40mail.gmail.com

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Say we have a repository with "master" and "sub" branches like below:

    A---B---C---D---E---F  master
               /
          X---Y

    X---Y  sub

where commits A and B include changes in subdirectory "sub", commit C
removes subdirectory "sub", commit D is generated by "git subtree add
-P sub Y", and commits E and F also include changes in subdirectory
"sub".

We'd get this if we run "git subtree push -P sub . sub" on master at F:

    X---Y---E'--F'  sub (after push)

On the other hand, if we have simliar trees except that commit D is
generated by "git subtree add --squash -P sub Y":

    A---B---C---D---E---F  master
               /
              Y'

    X---Y  sub

We'd expect to get this when we run "git subtree push -P sub . sub" on
master at F:

    X---Y---E'--F'  sub (after push, expected)

But actually we get this (in Git 2.22.0):

    A---B---C---D'--E'--F'  sub (after push, actual)
               /
          X---Y

This seems to be a side effect of 2.7.0 -> 2.7.1 in which a change is
made to include merged branches in "git subtree push", but mistakenly
causes branches before "git subtree add --squash" be included.

```

## Danny Lin, 2020-08-14 16:28

Subject: Re: [BUG] Branches before "git subtree add --squash" are pushed via "git subtree push"
Message-ID: <CAMbsUu47FUPCnW=EBm-tE9_g5NqKzvzjVQWM1TNdBnTj-TauaA@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAMbsUu47FUPCnW%3DEBm-tE9_g5NqKzvzjVQWM1TNdBnTj-TauaA%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <CAMbsUu5bYN9q34st8AhOCv8y5eJQpVpEKOO3ebTi+CxbYetgmQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Sadly no one cares about this issue... This bug is especially obvious
if we simply run `git subtree push` after a `git subtree add --squash`:

If master is at commit D, which is generated by
`git subtree add --squash -P sub Y`:

    A---B---C---D  master
               /
              Y'

    X---Y  sub

After running `git subtree push -P sub . sub`, we get:

    A---B---C---D'  sub (after push, actual)
               /
          X---Y

While the sub branch should not change at all!

This bug, seemingly introduced by 933cfeb90b5d03b4096db6d60494a6eedea25d03
critically makes --squash approach for `git subtree` almost unusable.
Added related developers to CC list for better notice.

>
> Say we have a repository with "master" and "sub" branches like below:
>
>     A---B---C---D---E---F  master
>                /
>           X---Y
>
>     X---Y  sub
>
> where commits A and B include changes in subdirectory "sub", commit C
> removes subdirectory "sub", commit D is generated by "git subtree add
> -P sub Y", and commits E and F also include changes in subdirectory
> "sub".
>
> We'd get this if we run "git subtree push -P sub . sub" on master at F:
>
>     X---Y---E'--F'  sub (after push)
>
> On the other hand, if we have simliar trees except that commit D is
> generated by "git subtree add --squash -P sub Y":
>
>     A---B---C---D---E---F  master
>                /
>               Y'
>
>     X---Y  sub
>
> We'd expect to get this when we run "git subtree push -P sub . sub" on
> master at F:
>
>     X---Y---E'--F'  sub (after push, expected)
>
> But actually we get this (in Git 2.22.0):
>
>     A---B---C---D'--E'--F'  sub (after push, actual)
>                /
>           X---Y
>
> This seems to be a side effect of 2.7.0 -> 2.7.1 in which a change is
> made to include merged branches in "git subtree push", but mistakenly
> causes branches before "git subtree add --squash" be included.

```