Re: [PATCH] git-mv: Keep moved index entries inact

Hi,

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Petr Baudis wrote:

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 04:54:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Petr Baudis [off-list ref] writes:

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+test_expect_success 'git mv should not change sha1 of moved cache entry' '
+
+	rm -fr .git &&
+	git init &&
+	echo 1 >dirty &&
+	git add dirty &&
+	entry="$(git ls-files --stage dirty | cut -f 1)"

"rev-parse :dirty"?

I want to make sure the whole index entry is intact, not just the sha1.

"rev-parse :dirty" will have to read the index to get at the object name 
of "dirty".  So there you have your index validation for you.

Ciao,
Dscho