Re: [PATCH] t3424: new rebase testcase documenting a stat-dirty-like failure

[Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 6:03 AM Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Elijah,
>
> I am awfully short on time these days, so just a very quick observation:
>
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2020, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
> > diff --git a/t/t3424-rebase-across-mode-change.sh b/t/t3424-rebase-across-mode-change.sh
> > new file mode 100755
> > index 00000000000..4d2eb1dd7c6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/t/t3424-rebase-across-mode-change.sh
> > @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
> > +#!/bin/sh
> > +
> > +test_description='git rebase across mode change'
> > +
> > +. ./test-lib.sh
> > +
> > +test_expect_success 'setup' '
> > +     rm -rf ../stupid &&
> > +     git init ../stupid &&
> > +     cd ../stupid &&
> > +     mkdir DS &&
> > +     >DS/whatever &&
> > +     git add DS &&
> > +     git commit -m base &&
> > +
> > +     git branch side1 &&
> > +     git branch side2 &&
> > +
> > +     git checkout side1 &&
> > +     git rm -rf DS &&
> > +     ln -s unrelated DS &&
>
> This requires symbolic links. Therefore it won't work on Windows, and will
> at least need the `SYMLINKS` prereq. Maybe there is a way, though, to
> change the test so it does not require a symbolic link here?

Ah, yes, I will fix it up.  Thanks.