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From: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Out-of-repository file remove error
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:23:14 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080719082314.GA15419@mail.local.tull.net> (raw)

git rm seems to have a problem with removing a file from a repository
when the repository .git and working tree are not in the current
directory. It leaves an index.lock file.

Here's a script to show the bug:

mkdir Bugtest
cd Bugtest
git init
date > newfile
git add newfile
git commit -m 'Added' newfile
cd ..
git --git-dir=Bugtest/.git --work-tree=Bugtest rm newfile
ls -l Bugtest/.git/index.lock

Output:

Initialized empty Git repository in .../Bugtest/.git/
Created initial commit 43dec15: Added
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 newfile
rm 'newfile'
fatal: Unable to write new index file
-rw-r--r-- 1 nick nick 32 Jul 19 18:20 Bugtest/.git/index.lock

I tested on:

git version 1.5.6.2
git version 1.5.6.3.440.g9d8f

Nick.

             reply	other threads:[~2008-07-19  8:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-19  8:23 Nick Andrew [this message]
2008-07-19 16:21 ` [PATCH] builtin-rm: fix index lock file path Olivier Marin
2008-07-19 16:24   ` [PATCH V2] " Olivier Marin

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