There are some index handling subtleties in 'commit --only' that are best tested when we have an existing index, but an unborn or empty HEAD. These circumstances are easily produced by 'checkout --orphan', but we did not previously have a test for it. The main expected failure mode would be: erroneously loading the existing index contents when building the temporary index that is used for --only. Cf. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/225969 and subsequent discussion. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- t/t7501-commit.sh | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh index 195e747..99ce36f 100755 --- a/t/t7501-commit.sh +++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh @@ -524,4 +524,17 @@ test_expect_success 'commit a file whose name is a dash' ' test_i18ngrep " changed, 5 insertions" output ' +test_expect_success '--only works on to-be-born branch' ' + # This test relies on having something in the index, as it + # would not otherwise actually prove much. So check this. + test -n "$(git ls-files)" && + git checkout --orphan orphan && + echo foo >newfile && + git add newfile && + git commit --only newfile -m"--only on unborn branch" && + echo newfile >expected && + git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + test_done -- 1.8.3.509.g0de0faa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html