Re: [PATCH v2] t7001: add failure test which triggers assertion

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:25:26PM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024, at 23:21, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 12:14:46AM +0200,
> > kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com wrote:
> >> From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
> >>
> >> git-mv(1) gets very confused:
> >>
> >>     git: builtin/mv.c:506: cmd_mv: Assertion `pos >= 0' failed.
> >>     Aborted (core dumped)
> >>     test_must_fail: died by signal 6: git mv a/a.txt a b
> >>     fatal: Unable to create '<path>.git/index.lock': File exists.
> >>
> >>     Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.
> >>     an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes
> >>     are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process
> >>     may have crashed in this repository earlier:
> >>     remove the file manually to continue.
> >
> > There was some good analysis of what the problem was in the earlier
> > parts of this thread. I think it is probably worth capturing some of
> > those here, too.
>
> I will try to incorporate Junio’s analysis into the commit message
> tomorrow.  :)

Thanks, I look forward to it!

Thanks,
Taylor