http://marc.info/?l=git&m=140262402204212&w=2
This git bug manifested on FAT and Windows as the test suite failing in 3
places. All involved merge conflict resolution. It turned out that the
associated file mappings were getting messed up, and that happened because
this git bug lost track of what files were supposed to be symlinks.
This commit was sponsored by Eric Kidd.
It was possible for a interrupted sync or merge in direct mode to
leave the work tree out of sync with the last recorded commit.
This would result in the next commit seeing files missing from the work
tree, and committing their removal.
Now, a direct mode merge happens not only in a throwaway work tree, but using
a temporary index file, and without any commits or index changes
being made until the real work tree has been updated. If the merge is
interrupted, the work tree may have some updated files, but worst case a
commit will redundantly commit changes that come from the merge.
This commit was sponsored by Tony Cantor.
