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Joey Hess 2014-07-09 13:43:22 -04:00
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@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ git-annex assistant, in direct mode. It was git-annex version 5.20140613.
This version had a bug that caused it to do unncessary merge commits.
That bug has been fixed in 5.20140707.
That is apparently related, in that it caused the assistant to do much more
work than normal. But, I don't think that bug is fully responsible for the
problem.
work than normal.
But, I don't think that bug is fully responsible for the
problem. I think a few users have run into this bug before, although I have
never succeeded in getting a full problem description from anyone who might
have. I think that the unncessary commit bug made it more likely to happen.
(This suggests a race may be involved.)
The bad merge commit looked like this:
<pre>
commit a36077cf1234eeb755fec8f699d3cbaaee817bac
Merge: 52ecff2 9d8bfd4
Author: xxx
Date: Mon Jul 7 19:58:18 2014 -0400
merge refs/heads/synced/master
</pre>
Both parent trees were good and contained all files. In fact, the 2
parent trees contained the same set of files. But the merge commit
"resolved" the merge by deleting all the files.