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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-read-tree.txt11
-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c2
-rw-r--r--builtin-read-tree.c1
-rw-r--r--unpack-trees.c11
-rw-r--r--unpack-trees.h1
5 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 6f4b9b017..309deac23 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules:
0 nothing nothing nothing (does not happen)
1 nothing nothing exists use M
2 nothing exists nothing remove path from index
- 3 nothing exists exists use M
+ 3 nothing exists exists, use M if "initial checkout"
+ H == M keep index otherwise
+ exists fail
+ H != M
clean I==H I==M
------------------
@@ -207,6 +210,12 @@ you picked it up via e-mail in a patch form), `git diff-index
merge, but it would not show in `git diff-index --cached $M`
output after two-tree merge.
+Case #3 is slightly tricky and needs explanation. The result from this
+rule logically should be to remove the path if the user staged the removal
+of the path and then swiching to a new branch. That however will prevent
+the initial checkout from happening, so the rule is modified to use M (new
+tree) only when the contents of the index is empty. Otherwise the removal
+of the path is kept as long as $H and $M are the same.
3-Way Merge
~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index f6f8f086d..774f29992 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
}
/* 2-way merge to the new branch */
+ topts.initial_checkout = (!active_nr &&
+ (old->commit == new->commit));
topts.update = 1;
topts.merge = 1;
topts.gently = opts->merge;
diff --git a/builtin-read-tree.c b/builtin-read-tree.c
index dddc3044b..362216b27 100644
--- a/builtin-read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-read-tree.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
break;
case 2:
opts.fn = twoway_merge;
+ opts.initial_checkout = !active_nr;
break;
case 3:
default:
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index ef21c6219..e59d144d2 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -941,8 +941,17 @@ int twoway_merge(struct cache_entry **src, struct unpack_trees_options *o)
return -1;
}
}
- else if (newtree)
+ else if (newtree) {
+ if (oldtree && !o->initial_checkout) {
+ /*
+ * deletion of the path was staged;
+ */
+ if (same(oldtree, newtree))
+ return 1;
+ return reject_merge(oldtree, o);
+ }
return merged_entry(newtree, current, o);
+ }
return deleted_entry(oldtree, current, o);
}
diff --git a/unpack-trees.h b/unpack-trees.h
index 94e567265..0d26f3d73 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.h
+++ b/unpack-trees.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct unpack_trees_options {
verbose_update:1,
aggressive:1,
skip_unmerged:1,
+ initial_checkout:1,
gently:1;
const char *prefix;
int pos;