Re: bug: transform a binary file into a symlink in one commit => invalid binary patch

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:25:30PM +0100, Pixel wrote:

> i hit a bug (git 1.6.1): when you transform a binary file into a
> symlink in one commit, the binary patch can't be used in "git apply".
> Is it a known issue?

Not that I know of.

Below is a patch against the test suite that fairly neatly displays the
problem. I didn't get a chance to look into actually fixing it, though
(I'm not even sure the problem is in apply, and not in the generated
patch).

---
diff --git a/t/t4130-apply-symlink-binary.sh b/t/t4130-apply-symlink-binary.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0ee2ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4130-apply-symlink-binary.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='apply handles binary to symlink conversion'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'create commit with binary' '
+	echo content >file && git add file &&
+	printf "\0" > binary && git add binary &&
+	git commit -m one
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'convert binary to symlink' '
+	rm binary &&
+	ln -s file binary &&
+	git add binary &&
+	git commit -m two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'create patch' '
+	git diff-tree --binary HEAD^ HEAD >patch
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'apply patch' '
+	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+	git apply patch &&
+	test -h binary &&
+	test_cmp binary file
+'
+
+test_done