Fix bug that caused typechanged symlinks to be assumed to be unlocked files, so they were added to the annex by the pre-commit hook.

Annex/CatFile.hs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module Annex.CatFile (
 	catFileHandle,
 	catKey,
 	catKeyFile,
+	catKeyFileHEAD,
 ) where
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@ catKey ref = do
  -}
 catKeyFile :: FilePath -> Annex (Maybe Key)
 catKeyFile f = ifM (Annex.getState Annex.daemon)
-	( catKey $ Ref $ "HEAD:./" ++ f
+	( catKeyFileHEAD f
 	, catKey $ Ref $ ":./" ++ f
 	)
+
+catKeyFileHEAD :: FilePath -> Annex (Maybe Key)
+catKeyFileHEAD f = catKey $ Ref $ "HEAD:./" ++ f

Seek.hs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import qualified Option
 import Config
 import Logs.Location
 import Logs.Unused
+import Annex.CatFile
 
 seekHelper :: ([FilePath] -> Git.Repo -> IO ([FilePath], IO Bool)) -> [FilePath] -> Annex [FilePath]
 seekHelper a params = do
@@ -86,12 +87,16 @@ withFilesUnlocked = withFilesUnlocked' LsFiles.typeChanged
 withFilesUnlockedToBeCommitted :: (FilePath -> CommandStart) -> CommandSeek
 withFilesUnlockedToBeCommitted = withFilesUnlocked' LsFiles.typeChangedStaged
 
+{- Unlocked files have changed type from a symlink to a regular file.
+ -
+ - Furthermore, unlocked files used to be a git-annex symlink,
+ - not some other sort of symlink.
+ -}
 withFilesUnlocked' :: ([FilePath] -> Git.Repo -> IO ([FilePath], IO Bool)) -> (FilePath -> CommandStart) -> CommandSeek
-withFilesUnlocked' typechanged a params = do
+withFilesUnlocked' typechanged a params = prepFiltered a unlockedfiles
-	-- unlocked files have changed type from a symlink to a regular file
+  where
-	typechangedfiles <- seekHelper typechanged params
+  	check f = liftIO (notSymlink f) <&&> isJust <$> catKeyFileHEAD f
-	let unlockedfiles = liftIO $ filterM notSymlink typechangedfiles
+	unlockedfiles = filterM check =<< seekHelper typechanged params
-	prepFiltered a unlockedfiles
 
 {- Finds files that may be modified. -}
 withFilesMaybeModified :: (FilePath -> CommandStart) -> CommandSeek

debian/changelog

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ git-annex (4.20130816) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Unescape characters in 'file://...' URIs. (Thanks, guilhem for the patch.)
   * Better error message when trying to use a git remote that has annex.ignore
     set.
+  * Fix bug that caused typechanged symlinks to be assumed to be unlocked
+    files, so they were added to the annex by the pre-commit hook.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:47:52 +0200
 

doc/bugs/non-annexed_file_changed_to_annexed_on_typechange.mdwn

@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
 
 # End of transcript or log.
 """]]
+
+> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]