Re: git worktrees must exist even if locked

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"taylor, david" <David.Taylor@dell.com> writes:

> The original report was against Git v2.12.2.  I have since tried v2.12.3, v2.13.0,
> and the next branch.  All exhibit the same symptoms.
>
> Even if you ignore the original scenario for creating the problem, if I do a 'rm -rf' or 'mv'
> of a tree that contains within it worktrees, that should not break the use of Git with
> worktrees that live elsewhere nor commands that don't require a repository.

Duy, any ideas?

Thanks.

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: taylor, david
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 4:25 PM
>> To: git@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: git worktrees must exist even if locked
>> 
>> The Git documentation in describing worktrees says that one reason
>> why you might want to lock a worktree is to prevent it from being pruned
>> if it is on a removable media that isn't currently mounted.
>> 
>> So, my expectation was that if the worktree is inaccessible (and locked), Git
>> would pretend that there is no worktree by that name.
>> 
>> In reality, if you have such a worktree, Git gets an error.
>> 
>>  On local systems, /home is local to a machine; home directories are
>> elsewhere.
>> Home directories are NFS mounted; /home is not.
>> 
>> . create a repository in /my/home/dir/my-repo.git with
>> 
>>     git clone --bare <some arguments>
>> 
>> . create an empty directory /home/somedir/worktree-tests
>> 
>> . use 'git worktree add' to add /home/somedir/worktree-tests/<branch-
>> name>
>>   as a worktree on branch <branch-name>.  It gets populated with the correct
>>   content.
>> 
>> . lock it using'git worktree lock'
>> 
>> So far, so good.  Now, go to a different computer -- one on which
>> /home/somedir/worktree-tests does not exist (and therefore
>> /home/somedir/worktree-tests/<branch-name> does not exist).
>> 
>> . cd /my/home/dir/my-repo.git
>> 
>> Now, try issuing Git commands.  Many will fail.
>> 
>>   git fetch ==> fails:
>> 
>>   fatal: Invalid path '/home/somedir/worktree-tests': No such file or directory
>> 
>>   git status ==> fails -- same error as above
>>   git help worktree ==> fails -- same error as above