On 8/9/2022 10:55 AM, Shaoxuan Yuan wrote:
>> 2. Move a (clean or dirty) in-cone source directory to an out-of-cone
>> destination where one or more files in <src> overwrite files in
<dst>.
>> For example, something like:
>>
>> echo test >sub/dir/file1 &&
>> git add sub/dir/file1 &&
>> git mv --sparse sub/dir folder1
>>
>> I don't have a strong opinion on the behavior (does it fail the
whole
>> 'mv' operation? move everything except the files that overwrite
>> something?), but it would help to have it documented via test here.
> OK. I think it will fail the whole `mv` operation. The program will
report unspecified
> overwrite during the early checking phase. The actual "moving" phase
won't be touched
> at all because Git complains early.
No, actually this example does not fail anything. Because
"sub/dir/file1" after the move will be "folder1/dir/file1", and this
move does not involve overwrite at all.
I'm still adding a test case that precisely reflects the main idea
here, though. Thanks for the suggestion :)
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Thanks,
Shaoxuan
