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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
To: Han Jiang <jhcarl0814@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: `git merge --no-overwrite-ignore` overwrites ignored files when merge (i.e. not fast-forward)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 16:19:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABPp-BEwLYhfBN6esMdeTcby4=12zhFeSqrih-WPy8D+pW3sxQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANrWfmRvtz=WOPpv54-22aEFsCPi_vwpFo_Q08vq31NjggOVsw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 03:49 Han Jiang <jhcarl0814@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
>
> (`git merge --no-overwrite-ignore` overwrites ignored files when merge
> with conflict.)
>
> (`git merge --no-overwrite-ignore` overwrites ignored files when merge
> without conflict.)


Yep, well-known issue that I've mentioned multiple times.  Somewhat
related to the "precious" concept that has come up on the list a few
times.  See e.g.

  * the "merge backends" section of
https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1627.git.1703643931314.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
  * C2-C7 of https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BEg6vxiUp
  * affects cherry-pick too, with discussion of how merge is affected:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BG=pm8gfRZNW8Rk1V77s40Do1FZy0mxH6epubHbzF8U5w@mail.gmail.com/
  * merge and other shortcomings mentioned when fixing up default
handling of ignored files:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/b7fe354effff8da3de53bd9cc40a03b5fd455f67.1632760428.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
  * wider discussion of correctly removing or keeping files (also
discussing merge), in a series fixing lots of bugs in the area:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1036.v3.git.1632760428.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/

  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-03 23:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-01 10:49 `git merge --no-overwrite-ignore` overwrites ignored files when merge (i.e. not fast-forward) Han Jiang
2024-09-03 23:19 ` Elijah Newren [this message]
2024-09-04 11:03   ` Han Jiang

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