> It is merely because you helped Git to realize I don't want to "help Git realize". I'm sorry but in my opinion `git status` should not have any effects on other commands. I don't understand how you can argue that calling `git status` is a valid fix to "help Git". > With another step 1.5 "append a line to the file in question", git > should severe the link, I don't want to sever the hard link. I want to avoid that it gets severed. On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 at 15:07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Michael Herrmann <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I now believe this is a bug in Git because calling `git status` fixes > > the problem. > > > > 1) Create a hard link to a file in a Git repo. > > 2) Call `git status`. > > 3) Call `git reset --hard`. > > It is merely because you helped Git to realize that there is no need > to change the contents of hte file with "reset --hard". > > With another step 1.5 "append a line to the file in question", git > should severe the link, I would think, as at that point, to revert > the contents of the file in question to its pristine state, it needs > to modify it. > > > > > >
