Re: [BUG] 'git mv a/fileA b/fileB' causes 'c/fileC' to be deleted

"Michael Cassar" [off-list ref] writes:

Is this just me being an idiot, or could there be a bigger problem
here?

Please CC me in any replies.

There could be a bigger problem, but it does not seem to easily
reproduce as you noted in the message.  It could be that some
unrelated thing in the working tree is playing a role in this
breakage, but I do not think of offhand what that is.

Here is what I just ran.

-- >8 cut >8 --
#!/bin/sh

report () {
	echo
	echo "* $*"
	echo
}

rm -fr test0
mkdir test0
cd test0

report working tree preparation
mkdir -p partA papers/unsorted papers/all-papers
echo outline >partA/outline.txt
echo Thesis >papers/unsorted/Thesis.pdf

report repository initialization
git init-db

report initial import
git add papers partA
git commit -m 'initial'
git show --root --stat --summary

report run mv
git mv papers/unsorted/Thesis.pdf papers/all-papers/Thesis.pdf

report before commit
git diff --stat HEAD

report make a commit
git commit -m 'moved a file'

report final result
git show --stat --summary
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and I did not see the breakage.  Care to show a bit more details
on your working tree?  I do not think this depends on any
contents of the individual files, but

Here is a transcript. These results are reproducable using the same
files, but I can't seem to reproduce with different files.

## Create initial respository

[mike@simba ~] git version
git version 1.4.2.1

[mike@simba ~] mkdir repos; cd repos

[mike@simba ~/repos] git init-db
defaulting to local storage area

[mike@simba ~/repos] cp -r ~/thesis_work/* .

[mike@simba ~/repos] ls -a
.  ..  .git  metathesis  notes  papers  partA

[mike@simba ~/repos] git add metathesis notes papers partA

output from "find metathesis notes papers partA -ls" and "git
ls-files -s" at this step may be a starter.