From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "igor.mikushkin" Subject: Why git silently replaces untracked files? Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1301064754576-6207950.post@n2.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 25 15:52:44 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q38NX-0008RU-1u for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:52:43 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753905Ab1CYOwg (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:52:36 -0400 Received: from sam.nabble.com ([216.139.236.26]:38546 "EHLO sam.nabble.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753701Ab1CYOwg (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:52:36 -0400 Received: from jim.nabble.com ([192.168.236.80]) by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q38NO-0006yi-KQ for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:52:34 -0700 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Why git silently replaces untracked files? # mkdir test.git # mkdir 1 # mkdir 2 # echo 1 > 1/test # echo 2 > 2/test # cd test.git # git init --bare # cd .. # git clone test.git # cp -r test/.git 1 # cp -r test/.git 2 # cd 1 # git add test # git commit -am 1 # git push origin master # cd ../2 # git pull # cat test 1 In my opinion it is wrong behavior. I've just lost important file due to it. Should not "git pull" fail here? Anyhow it looks more correct then silent replacing. Thanks, Igor -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Why-git-silently-replaces-untracked-files-tp6207950p6207950.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com.