On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Stephen R Guglielmo
<srguglielmo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, just following up on this bug report. I have not heard back. Is
> there additional information that's needed? Is there a better place to
> file bug reports?
>
> Additionally, I have confirmed that this bug still exists with git
> version 2.16.1.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Stephen R Guglielmo
> <srguglielmo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi, just following up on this bug report. I have not heard back. Is
>> there additional information that's needed? Is there a better place to
>> file bug reports?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo
>> <srguglielmo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've noticed an issue regarding the use of `git subtree add` and `git
>>> subtree pull` when the subtree repository's commit (either HEAD or
>>> whatever commit specified by the subtree command) is signed with GPG.
>>> It seems to work properly if the commit is not signed but previous
>>> commits are.
>>>
>>> The gist of the issue is that `git subtree add` does not add the
>>> subree properly and a "fatal: Not a valid object name" error is
>>> thrown. Running `git subtree pull` does not pull any upstream changes
>>> after that ("'subtree' was never added").
>>>
>>> I have not done extensive testing, however, below are instructions to
>>> reproduce the issue. This was tested using git version 2.15.1
>>> installed via Homebrew on MacOS. I did not test with the built-in
>>> version of git on MacOS.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> # Create a new repository
>>> mkdir repoA && cd repoA
>>> git init
>>> echo "Test File in Repo A" > FileA
>>> git add -A && git commit -m 'Initial commit in repo A'
>>>
>>> # Create a second repository
>>> cd .. && mkdir repoB && cd repoB
>>> git init
>>> echo "Test File in Repo B" > FileB
>>> git add -A && git commit -m 'Initial commit in repo B'
>>>
>>> # Create a signed commit in repo B
>>> echo "Signed Commit" >> FileB
>>> git commit -a -S -m 'Signed commit in repo B'
>>>
>>> # Now, add repoB as a subtree of RepoA
>>> cd ../repoA
>>> git subtree add --prefix repoB_subtree/ ../repoB/ master --squash
>>> # Output:
>>> git fetch ../repoB/ master
>>> warning: no common commits
>>> remote: Counting objects: 6, done.
>>> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
>>> remote: Total 6 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
>>> Unpacking objects: 100% (6/6), done.
>>> From ../repoB
>>> * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
>>> fatal: Not a valid object name gpg: Signature made Sat Jan 6 17:38:31 2018 EST
>>> gpg: using RSA key 6900E9CFDD39B6A741D601F50999759F2DCF3E7C
>>> gpg: Good signature from "Stephen Robert Guglielmo (Temple University
>>> Computer Services) <srg@xxxxxxxxxx>" [ultimate]
>>> Primary key fingerprint: 6900 E9CF DD39 B6A7 41D6 01F5 0999 759F 2DCF 3E7C
>>> 4b700b1a4ebb9e2c1011aafd6b0f720b38f059a4
>>> # Note, git exits with status 128 at this point.
>>>
>>> # FileB was in fact added and staged to repoA, despite the "fatal"
>>> above. Commit it:
>>> git commit -m 'Add repoB subtree'
>>>
>>> # Ok, let's make another commit in repoB and try a `subtree pull`
>>> instead of `subtree add`
>>> cd ../repoB
>>> echo "Another Line" >> FileB
>>> git commit -a -S -m 'Another signed commit'
>>> cd ../repoA
>>> git subtree pull --prefix repoB_subtree/ ../repoB master --squash
>>> # Output:
>>> warning: no common commits
>>> remote: Counting objects: 9, done.
>>> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
>>> remote: Total 9 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
>>> Unpacking objects: 100% (9/9), done.
>>> From ../repoB
>>> * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
>>> Can't squash-merge: 'repoB_subtree' was never added.
>>> # Note, git exits with status 1 at this point.
>>>
>>> # RepoB's third commit ('Another signed commit') is not pulled into
>>> the subree in repo A.
>>> # This can be verified by running a diff:
>>> diff -qr --exclude ".git" repoB_subtree ../repoB
>>> # Output:
>>> Files repoB_subtree/FileB and ../repoB/FileB differ
There has not been feedback for a while on this thread.
I think that is because subtrees are not in anyone's hot
interest area currently.
This is definitely the right place to submit&discuss bugs.
Looking through "git log --format="%ae %s" -S subtree",
it seems as if Avery (apenwarr@xxxxxxxxx) was mostly
interested in developing subtrees, though I think he has
moved on. Originally it was invented by Junio, who is
the active maintainer of the project in 68faf68938
(A new merge stragety 'subtree'., 2007-02-15)
Thanks,
Stefan
