Re: False positives in git diff-index

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com>]

Nobody is interested?

Is there a way I can get some help with this issue?

Thanks,
Alexander.

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:49, Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, list!
>
> I wrote about the related issue earlier:
>
> http://lists-archives.org/git/731516-false-positives-from-git-diff-index-when-used-with-git-dir.html
>
> Now I've got a case when I can reproduce this problem each time I try to.
>
> Unfortunately I can not share it or create a minimal example — the
> case is triggered by a custom complicated automated build process on a
> private repository.
>
> Anyway, I'm ready to debug this issue if someone will guide me.
>
> Workflow:
>
> <...change files in /path/dir1/...>
> (cd /path && git add </path/dir1/>)
> (cd /path && git commit -m <message1>)
>
> ... repeat change-add-commit several times for various directories
> (can be the same directory or not) ...
>
> <...generate file /path/dirN/foo...>
> # Accidentally the file is generated the same as it was
>
> (cd /path && git add </path/dirN/>)
> (cd /path && git status) # Refresh index
> (cd /path && git diff-index --exit-code --quiet HEAD -- /path/dirN) #
> Incorrectly reports that there are some changes
> (cd /path && git commit -m <messageN>) # fails, saying that there is
> nothing to commit
>
> If I insert sleep 10 between git status and git diff-index, the
> problem goes away.
>
> Any help?
> Alexander.
>