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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.
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Seems to me there is a bug in how merges are done in direct mode. This is
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done in two steps:
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1. Merge the remote branch into the local branch, with work tree directed
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to a temp dir.
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2. Use the temp dir and the newly merged branch to update the work tree.
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If this is interrupted between 1 and 2, by eg the user ctrl-Cing or power
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being lost, the result is a repository that thinks the current branch has
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been merged, but does not have an updated work tree. The next sync in that
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repository will see the files as deleted (or as being an old version), and
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commit the current work tree state to the branch.
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Result is files appear to be lost, although `git revert` in an indirect
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mode repo can get them back.
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To fix this, direct mode merge would need to avoid updating the current
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branch when merging the remote branch into it (how?). It should first
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update the whole work tree, and only after it's updated should it update
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the index and the current branch to reflect the merge.
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This way, if the merge is interrupted, the work tree may have uncommitted
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changed -- but it's fine if they get accidentially committed, since when
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the merge is re-done, those changes will by the same ones made by the
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merge. (I assume this is how `git merge` normally works.) --[[Joey]]
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> Implemented that. And then realized that even updating the index
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> as part of a merge results in the work tree being out of sync with the
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> index. Which will cause the next sync to again delete any files that
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> are in the index but not the work tree. Urgh.
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> Seems that a direct mode
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> merge also needs to use a different index file to stage its changes?
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> (Ugh)
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> > [[done]] --[[Joey]]
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> Or could perhaps use `git-merge-tree`
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> and avoid staging the merge in the index until the work-tree is updated.
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> Alternatively, could use another strategy.. Add a lock file which is held while
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> the merge is in progress and contains the pre-merge sha.
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> If the lock file is present but not held, state is inconsistent.
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> `git-annex sync` and the SanityChecker should
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> then run mergeDirectCleanup to recover, before any commits can be made
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> from the inconsistent state. This approach seems to get complicated
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> quickly.. --[[Joey]]
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