Package: git-debrebase Version: 12.10 Severity: important git-debrebase has some `fresh_workarea` and `in_workarea` functions that it uses to manage private playground directories. But, there is a bug: if `in_workarea` is called recursively, on return to the intermediate context, the cwd has been changed back to the $maindir, rather than the intermediate playground directory.
This can result in strange changes to the user's ref namespace, git index, and/or working tree. I think this kind of recursion only happens when encountering "vanilla merges". Certainly, when I added a tripwire for this, those were the only cases where our test suite failed. Prior to 12.10 these were behind an "exprimental" option. This is a failure mode I hadn't anticipated when I decided to turn this option on by default. The consequences can be rather more severe. I think they should be fixed with a stable update (not just an upload to -backports). I will prepare a a patch that is suitable for backporting to the `trixie` branch. Ian. -- Ian Jackson <[email protected]> These opinions are my own. Pronouns: they/he. If I emailed you from @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.
