The code for a newly added path assumed that the path was a normal file, and thus checked for there being a directory still being in the way of the file. Note that since unpack_trees() does path-in-the-way checks already, the only way for there to be a directory in the way at this point in the code, is if there is some kind of D/F conflict in the merge.
For a submodule addition on HEAD's side of history, the submodule would have already been present. This means that we do expect there to be a directory present but should not consider it to be "in the way"; instead, it's the expected submodule. So, when there's a submodule addition from HEAD's side, don't bother checking the working copy for a directory in the way. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <[email protected]> --- This commit is based on top of sb/test-cherry-pick-submodule-getting-in-a-way. merge-recursive.c | 5 +++-- t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c index 1d3f8f0d22..9fb0b9f8fd 100644 --- a/merge-recursive.c +++ b/merge-recursive.c @@ -1901,8 +1901,9 @@ static int process_entry(struct merge_options *o, oid = b_oid; conf = _("directory/file"); } - if (dir_in_way(path, !o->call_depth, - S_ISGITLINK(a_mode))) { + if (dir_in_way(path, + !o->call_depth && !S_ISGITLINK(a_mode), + 0)) { char *new_path = unique_path(o, path, add_branch); clean_merge = 0; output(o, 1, _("CONFLICT (%s): There is a directory with name %s in %s. " diff --git a/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh b/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh index 1b1e31100f..ce48c4fcca 100755 --- a/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh +++ b/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ KNOWN_FAILURE_NOFF_MERGE_DOESNT_CREATE_EMPTY_SUBMODULE_DIR=1 KNOWN_FAILURE_NOFF_MERGE_ATTEMPTS_TO_MERGE_REMOVED_SUBMODULE_FILES=1 test_submodule_switch "git cherry-pick" -test_expect_failure 'unrelated submodule/file conflict is ignored' ' +test_expect_success 'unrelated submodule/file conflict is ignored' ' test_create_repo sub && touch sub/file && -- 2.15.0.2.g63e86ab1a0
