On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Elijah Newren [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 3:52 AM, Adam Dinwoodie [off-list ref] wrote:

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On Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 12:00 am -0800, Elijah Newren wrote:

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 merge-recursive.c                   | 1243 +++++++++++-
 merge-recursive.h                   |   17 +
 t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh       |    5 +-
 t/t6043-merge-rename-directories.sh | 3821 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t7607-merge-overwrite.sh          |    7 +-
 unpack-trees.c                      |    4 +-
 unpack-trees.h                      |    4 +
 7 files changed, 4985 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t6043-merge-rename-directories.sh

The new t6043.44 introduced in this branch is failing on my Cygwin
system.  I can't immeditely see what's causing the failure, but I've
copied the relevant verbose + shell tracing output below in the hope it
makes more sense to you:

Thanks for reporting.  Unfortunately, I have been unable to locate or
create a cygwin system on which to replicate the testing.  Valgrind is

Nevermind; found a system that allowed me to reproduce the problem,
even if it far more wrangling than I'd like.  I believe I have a
one-line fix, but I'm worried that attempting to fully explain it will
result in a novel-length commit message.