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

On 10/2/06, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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.

[...]  Care to show a bit more details
on your working tree?

Okay, I should stop being lazy and actually produce a minimal test-case.

Here we go:

--CUT--
#!/bin/bash

git init-db

mkdir papers
mkdir papers/unsorted
mkdir papers/all-papers
mkdir partA
echo 'moo' > papers/unsorted/Thesis.pdf
echo 'cow' > partA/outline.txt
echo 'this file has brackets in its filename' > 'papers/unsorted/(brackets).pdf'

git add  papers partA
git commit -m 'intial commit'

git mv papers/unsorted/Thesis.pdf papers/all-papers/moo-blah.pdf
git commit -m 'move a file'

cg log -f
--CUT--

The problem seems to have come from the fact that a file in the source
directory of the move contained brackets in its filename.Removing the
file causes the problem to go away.

Hope this helps a little,

Mike