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git rebase crash: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.

Subject: git rebase crash: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.

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3 messages between Sep 16, 2022 and Oct 22, 2022.

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Stefano Rivera· Sep 16, 2022, 12:42 UTC · lore

Hi, I got a crash in git-rebase, a failed assertion in merge-ort.c

$ git rebase renamed-parent git: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.

I was rebasing a branch that replaced a directory with a symlink, onto a branch that renamed a parent directory of the modification.

Reproducer script attached.

Using --strategy=recursive avoids the crash, so it's a bug in ort.

Not subscribed, please CC me in replies.

Thanks,

SR

[System Info] git version: git version 2.38.0.rc0.373.g21cbab7515 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 21cbab75150d71ca294e09180c59ee529ca53957 sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 5.18.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 5.18.14-1 (2022-07-23) x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 12.2 libc info: glibc: 2.34 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash

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Elijah Newren· Sep 20, 2022, 07:15 UTC · re: Stefano Rivera · lore

Re: git rebase crash: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 6:24 AM Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net> wrote:

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>
> Hi, I got a crash in git-rebase, a failed assertion in merge-ort.c
>
> $ git rebase renamed-parent
> git: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.
>
> I was rebasing a branch that replaced a directory with a symlink, onto a
> branch that renamed a parent directory of the modification.
>
> Reproducer script attached.
>
> Using --strategy=recursive avoids the crash, so it's a bug in ort.
>
> Not subscribed, please CC me in replies.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SR
>
> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.38.0.rc0.373.g21cbab7515
> cpu: x86_64
> built from commit: 21cbab75150d71ca294e09180c59ee529ca53957
> sizeof-long: 8
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: /bin/sh
> uname: Linux 5.18.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 5.18.14-1 (2022-07-23) x86_64
> compiler info: gnuc: 12.2
> libc info: glibc: 2.34
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash
>
> [Enabled Hooks]

Thanks for testing out a release candidate, typing up the detailed report, and even finding a simple testcase! Very cool.

I don't have a fix, but just wanted to send a note out that I've seen your report and will take a look at it this week.

Elijah Newren· Oct 22, 2022, 19:06 UTC · re: Elijah Newren · lore

Re: git rebase crash: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 12:15 AM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 6:24 AM Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I got a crash in git-rebase, a failed assertion in merge-ort.c
> >
> > $ git rebase renamed-parent
> > git: merge-ort.c:2622: apply_directory_rename_modifications: Assertion `ci->dirmask == 0' failed.
> >
> > I was rebasing a branch that replaced a directory with a symlink, onto a
> > branch that renamed a parent directory of the modification.
> >
> > Reproducer script attached.
> >
> > Using --strategy=recursive avoids the crash, so it's a bug in ort.
> >
> > Not subscribed, please CC me in replies.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > SR
> >
>
> Thanks for testing out a release candidate, typing up the detailed
> report, and even finding a simple testcase!  Very cool.
>
> I don't have a fix, but just wanted to send a note out that I've seen
> your report and will take a look at it this week.

I had a hacky fix for about a month now, and haven't had time to clean it up and look around for nearby issues.

I believe the cause here is related to the code added to fix the bug in 902c521a35 ("t6423: more involved directory rename test", 2020-10-15). Since that issue was never fixed in merge-recursive, it didn't get the side effect of this new bug. Had that other bug been fixed in merge-recursive, it may well have exhibited a similar issue with the testcase you reported here.

Anyway, I posted a patch to fix this issue in ort: https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1391.git.1666465450590.gitgitgadget@gmail.com

Thanks again for reporting it, and for providing the simple steps to reproduce!