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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com>
Cc: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@gmail•com>,
	Johannes.Schindelin@gmx•de, barkalow@iabervon•org,
	git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] checkout -m: attempt merge when deletion of path was staged
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:48:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqzjf82sc7.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140813000317.GG24621@google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:03:18 -0700")

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com> writes:

> twoway_merge() is missing an o->gently check in the case where a file
> that needs to be modified is missing from the index but present in the
> old and new trees.  As a result, in this case 'git checkout -m' errors
> out instead of trying to perform a merge.

I see two hunks in threeway_merge(), so two existing callers there
will not change their behaviour.  Two hunks in twoway_merge() means
that among three existing callers in that function, this one at the
end (not shown in your patch) changes its behaviour:

	else if (newtree) {
		if (oldtree && !o->initial_checkout) {
			/*
			 * deletion of the path was staged;
			 */
			if (same(oldtree, newtree))
				return 1;
			return reject_merge(oldtree, o);
		}
		return merged_entry(newtree, current, o);
	}
	return deleted_entry(oldtree, current, o);

> This is the most iffy of the three patches, mostly because I was too
> lazy to write a test.

You would trigger this codepath by jumping from an old revision to a
new revision after "git rm $path" any path that has been modified
between the two.  The only behaviour difference is that it will stop
issuing an error message---the "checkout -m" will successfully switch
between the revs and leave the index in a "we modified, they removed"
conflicting state with or without your patch.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-08-13 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-11 19:44 [PATCH] unpack-tree.c: remove dead code Stefan Beller
2014-08-12 18:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-12 21:15   ` Stefan Beller
2014-08-12 22:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-12 23:57     ` [PATCH 0/3] " Jonathan Nieder
2014-08-12 23:59       ` [PATCH 1/3] unpack-trees: simplify 'all other failures' case Jonathan Nieder
2014-08-13  0:00       ` [PATCH 2/3] unpack-trees: use 'cuddled' style for if-else cascade Jonathan Nieder
2014-08-13 14:52         ` Ronnie Sahlberg
2014-08-13  0:03       ` [PATCH 3/3] checkout -m: attempt merge when deletion of path was staged Jonathan Nieder
2014-08-13  0:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-13 17:48         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-08-13 18:59           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-13 19:30             ` Johannes Sixt
2014-08-13 20:02               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-13  6:41       ` [PATCH 0/3] Re: [PATCH] unpack-tree.c: remove dead code Stefan Beller

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