From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> When there are stat-dirty files, but no files are modified, `git stash create` exits with unsuccessful status. This causes merge to fail. Copy some code from sequencer.c's create_autostash to refresh the index first to avoid this problem. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/merge.c | 8 ++++++++ t/t6424-merge-unrelated-index-changes.sh | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c index c120ad619c4..780b4b9100a 100644 --- a/builtin/merge.c +++ b/builtin/merge.c @@ -313,8 +313,16 @@ static int save_state(struct object_id *stash) int len; struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT; + struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT; + int fd; int rc = -1; + fd = repo_hold_locked_index(the_repository, &lock_file, 0); + refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET); + if (0 <= fd) + repo_update_index_if_able(the_repository, &lock_file); + rollback_lock_file(&lock_file); + strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "stash", "create", NULL); cp.out = -1; cp.git_cmd = 1; diff --git a/t/t6424-merge-unrelated-index-changes.sh b/t/t6424-merge-unrelated-index-changes.sh index 615061c7af4..2c83210f9fd 100755 --- a/t/t6424-merge-unrelated-index-changes.sh +++ b/t/t6424-merge-unrelated-index-changes.sh @@ -275,6 +275,17 @@ test_expect_success 'subtree' ' test_path_is_missing .git/MERGE_HEAD ' +test_expect_success 'avoid failure due to stat-dirty files' ' + git reset --hard && + git checkout B^0 && + + # Make "a" be stat-dirty + test-tool chmtime =+1 a && + + # stat-dirty file should not prevent stash creation in builtin/merge.c + git merge -s resolve -s recursive D^0 +' + test_expect_success 'with multiple strategies, recursive or ort failure do not early abort' ' git reset --hard && git checkout B^0 && -- gitgitgadget
