On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm on Windows and core.ignorecase is set to 'true' when I clone/init > a repository. I've got a branch where I started making changes to a > file AND renamed it only to change its case. The changes I've made > were significant enough that git no longer detects a rename, instead > the files show up as "D" and "A" in git status (deleted then added). > To correct this, I do an interactive rebase to add an additional > commit before the first one to rename the file without changing it, > and *then* allow the second commit to change the file. The goal is > that rebase should detect the rename and automatically move the > changes in the (now) second commit to the newly named file. Here's a > MCVE (treat this as a script): > > #/bin/bash > git init testgitrepo > cd testgitrepo/ > git config core.ignorecase true # This is set by Windows for me, but > hopefully will allow this to repro on linux. Didn't test linux though. > echo "first change" > foo.txt > git add . && git commit -m 'first change' > git checkout -b topic > echo "second change" > foo.txt > git mv foo.txt FOO.txt > git add . && git commit -m 'second change' > git rebase -i master # Move line 1 to line 2, and put "x false" in line 1 > git mv foo.txt FOO.txt && git commit -m 'rename foo' > git rebase --continue > git mergetool > > After the rebase continue, you will get a conflict like so: > > error: could not apply 527d208... second change > > When you have resolved this problem, run "git rebase --continue". > If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git rebase --skip" instead. > To check out the original branch and stop rebasing, run "git rebase --abort". > > Could not apply 527d208... second change > CONFLICT (rename/delete): foo.txt deleted in 527d208... second change > and renamed to FOO.txt in HEAD. Version HEAD of FOO.txt left in tree. > > The last command, `git mergetool` runs, giving you the option to pick > the Created (left) or Deleted (right) version of the file: > > Left: The file is created, but selecting this erases the changes from > the "added" version on the remote (which is topic). Basically the > rename of only case confused git, and we lost the changes on the > remote version of the file > Right: File is deleted. Changes are still lost. > > The ideal outcome is that the changes from the "added" version of the > file in the 2nd commit get carried over to the "renamed" version of > the file, which when you compare the two are named exactly the same > after the 1st commit is introduced. How can I solve this issue?
I wanted to bump this and see if anyone would have a spare few minutes to help me out with this. I know it's a needlessly complex situation, but I'd really love to know how to resolve the specific issue, or perhaps learn a better way to approach this in the future if I'm shooting myself in the foot here. Thanks again.
