Re: [BUG] rebase --interactive silently overwrites ignored files

[wh <microrffr@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the info about the upcoming "precious" attribute. Looks useful.

I didn't get the impression that Git normally overwrites ignored
files. I ran some more experiments:

git rebase FETCH_HEAD        # bails
git rebase -i FETCH_HEAD     # overwrites
git merge FETCH_HEAD         # bails
git reset --keep FETCH_HEAD  # bails
git reset --merge FETCH_HEAD # bails
git checkout FETCH_HEAD      # overwrites
# without feature 2 locally:
git merge FETCH_HEAD         # overwrites, fast-forwards
git merge --no-ff FETCH_HEAD # bails

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 9:30 AM Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> On 12/04/2019 00:56, wh wrote:
> > I'm using git 2.20.1 from Debian. Git is usually careful not to
> > overwrite untracked files, including ignored files.
>
> Git normally overwrites ignored files, so I think in your example rebase
> -i is working as expected, I'm surprised that the am based rebase does
> not overwrite the ignored file. There has been some discussion about
> introducing 'precious' files that are ignored but protected in the same
> way as untracked files [1].
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip
>
> [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20190409102649.22115-1-pclouds@gmail.com/
>
>   But interactive
> > rebase doesn't detect this (non-interactive rebase works fine).
> >
> > Reproduction:
> > -----
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > mkdir upstream
> > cd upstream
> > git init
> > echo 1 >feature-1
> > git add feature-1
> > git commit -m "feature 1"
> >
> > cd ..
> > git clone upstream local
> > cd local
> > # write some tools for our own convenience
> > echo ours >tools
> > echo /tools >>.git/info/exclude
> > # start working on a feature
> > git checkout -b f2
> > echo wip >feature-2
> > git add feature-2
> > git commit -m "wip"
> >
> > cd ../upstream
> > # official tools are available
> > echo theirs >tools
> > git add tools
> > git commit -m "tools"
> >
> > cd ../local
> > git fetch ../upstream master
> >
> > # this would be okay
> > #git rebase FETCH_HEAD
> >
> > # problem: overwrites tools silently
> > GIT_EDITOR=true git rebase -i FETCH_HEAD
> >
> > cat tools
> >
> > -----
> >
> > Expected: `git rebase -i` fails because it would have to overwrite the
> > untracked "tools" file. Contents of tools file remains `ours`.
> >
> > Actual: Contents of tools file becomes `theirs`.
> >