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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Silent data loss on merge with uncommited changes + renames
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:23:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <517547F8.3040004@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpqobd6q5nm.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr>

Am 4/22/2013 11:24, schrieb Matthieu Moy:
> Following the discussion on "merge with uncommited changes" inside the
> "git pull --autostash" thread, I did a bit of testing, and encountered a
> case with silent data loss. In short: merge a branch introducing changes
> to a file. If the file has been renamed in the current branch, then "git
> merge" follows the rename and brings changes to the renamed file, but
> uncommited changes in this file are overriden silently.

Can you check whether your case is already covered by one of:

  git grep expect_failure t/*merge*

and if not, contribute a test case?

-- Hannes

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-22 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-22  9:24 [BUG] Silent data loss on merge with uncommited changes + renames Matthieu Moy
2013-04-22 14:23 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2013-04-22 14:43   ` Matthieu Moy
2013-04-22 15:19 ` Junio C Hamano

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