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From: Bertrand BENOIT <projettwk@users.sourceforge.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Bug report - local (and git ignored) file silently removed after checkout
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:42:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPRVejcpAZrLWCeHTZJr9Uk6_z6hTPQLLd6pCOKteYnRGMQ5ig@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi,

In a (special ?) situation, I've lost a local (and git ignored) file
silently, and I've failed to get it back.

Context:
  - in previous version of my project, the TODO file was versioned
  - in current development version, this file is NO more versioned AND
it is ignored by a gitignore rule, but still at the same place for
better ease of access -> such a way, this file has been locally
updated several times
  - during worflow process, I've finally performed a checkout on a
previous version (in which the TODO file was versioned) -> after that
the file has been silently updated with the old version
  - after modification, I've performed back a checkout on the current
version and this time my TODO file has been fully and silently removed

Questions:
  - is it a behavior regarded as normal ?
  - is there any way to get back the TODO file, in LOCAL version it
was before the first checkout ?
  - in any case, is there any way to be warned (and to make the
checkout fail) of such situation (local ignored file being overwritten
with 'older' not-ignored version) ?

Thx,
Best regards,
TWK

             reply	other threads:[~2011-11-20 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-20 13:42 Bertrand BENOIT [this message]
2011-11-20 21:16 ` Bug report - local (and git ignored) file silently removed after checkout Junio C Hamano
2011-11-20 22:19   ` Taylor Hedberg
2011-11-21  3:36     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-21  7:23       ` [PATCH] Add test that checkout does not overwrite entries in .git/info/exclude Johannes Sixt
2011-11-21  7:45         ` Philip Oakley
2011-11-21  7:59           ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-21  7:50         ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-21  8:52           ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-21 17:27             ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-23 11:31               ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-21  8:17         ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-21 15:18           ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-21 15:44             ` Bertrand BENOIT
2011-11-23 11:40             ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-23 17:16               ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-24  1:35                 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-24  5:17                   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-24  5:39                     ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-27 10:13             ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-11-27 10:15               ` [PATCH 1/2] checkout,merge: loosen overwriting untracked file check based on info/exclude Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2011-11-27 10:15                 ` [PATCH 2/2] checkout,merge: disallow overwriting ignored files with --no-overwrite-ignore Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2011-11-29 18:17                 ` [PATCH 1/2] checkout,merge: loosen overwriting untracked file check based on info/exclude Junio C Hamano

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