From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DC651F406 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751432AbeACW2Y (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:28:24 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:52648 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751029AbeACW2X (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:28:23 -0500 Received: (qmail 18526 invoked by uid 109); 3 Jan 2018 22:28:23 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 22:28:23 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 32601 invoked by uid 111); 3 Jan 2018 22:28:54 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with ESMTPA; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:28:54 -0500 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=pass (cram-md5) smtp.auth=relayok Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:28:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:28:21 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Isaac Shabtay Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug report: git clone with dest Message-ID: <20180103222821.GA32287@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 12:59:48PM -0800, Isaac Shabtay wrote: > Target directory is deleted on clone failures. > > Steps to reproduce, for example on Windows: > > cd /d %TEMP% > mkdir dest > git clone https://some-fake-url/whatever-makes-git-clone-fail dest > > Of course, the clone will fail as it should. But looks like the Git > client also ends up deleting the "dest" directory. Interesting. AFAICT Git has behaved this way for almost 9 years, and now we have two reports in two days. Serendipity, or did something else change? :) Anyway, you might be interested in the patch series I posted yesterday: https://public-inbox.org/git/20180102210753.GA10430@sigill.intra.peff.net/ -Peff