From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4ED01F463 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727801AbfLQHdH (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:33:07 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:48356 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1725975AbfLQHdH (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:33:07 -0500 Received: (qmail 30489 invoked by uid 109); 17 Dec 2019 07:33:06 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:33:06 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 20531 invoked by uid 111); 17 Dec 2019 07:37:43 -0000 Received: from coredump.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:37:43 -0500 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:33:06 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Mikael Simonsson Cc: Johannes Schindelin , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug? git commit fileA tries to delete fileB and other oddities Message-ID: <20191217073306.GA3313061@coredump.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 Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 09:50:33AM +0000, Mikael Simonsson wrote: > I will try to recreate the problem with a new repository. > > So far I think I've narrowed it down to a bug introduced in git 2.20.0. > > Not buggy: > [...] If you can build Git from source, you might try using "git bisect" to find the exact commit where the problem starts. > The buggy versions all try to delete fileX when running "git commit fileA": > > % git commit fileA > > # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting > # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit. > # > # On branch master > # Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. > # > # Changes to be committed: > # deleted: fileX > # modified: fileA > # > # Changes not staged for commit: Is there anything about "fileX" and "fileA"'s names that might be relevant? E.g., might they case-fold to the same name or something? -Peff