Re: git bug: moved file with local unstaged changes are lost during merge

[Joe Angell <joe.d.angell@gmail.com>]

Is this the right place to post bug reports?



On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Joe Angell <joe.d.angell@gmail.com> wrote:
> What steps will reproduce the problem?
> git init
> echo "initial checkin" >> readme
> git add readme
> git commit -m "inital checkin"
> git branch b1
> git checkout b1
> echo "b1" >> readme
> git add readme
> git commit -m "b1 readme"
> git checkout master
> git mv readme readme_master
> git ci -m "moved readme"
> echo "master" >> readme_master
> git merge b1
>
> What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
> I expect to have git prevent the merge due to local changes to the
> file.  Instead it overwrites the file (erasing the local modification
> "master") and you end up with:
> cat readme_master
> initial readme
> b1
>
> What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
> Reproduced on 1.7.9.6 and from the git-core repo 1.7.10.128.g7945c.
> This is on ubuntu 10.04.
>
> Please provide any additional information below.
>
> This problem only seems to occur after you check in the move, then
> make local modifications, then do the merge.
>
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> Joe Angell
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