Hey everyone,
that's my first question here, so please bare with me. I got an
unexplained behavior using git-subtree.
Please consider (git --version := 2.30.0):
me@host:~/repo$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: somechanges
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
me@host:~/repo$ git pull --no-rebase
Already up to date.
me@host:~/repo$ git subtree pull --prefix=prefix/ subtree-origin master
Working tree has modifications. Cannot add.
My expectation would be that I can pull the subtree as I could pull the
main repo without any issue. The subtree does not even touch the
modified file.
Is there a reason for this or can this restriction be lifted?
Where am I coming from? The work-around would be "git stash, git subtree
pull, git stash pop" which would work on a first glance, but other tools
like IDEs lose their context information regarding these changes (e.g.
changelists). This can be a little bit annoying given that mostly there
are not changes at the subtree-origin.
Best regards,
Sven