merge-recursive: preserve skip_worktree bit when necessary

merge-recursive takes any files marked as unmerged by unpack_trees,
tries to figure out whether they can be resolved (e.g. using renames
or a file-level merge), and then if they can be it will delete the old
cache entries and writes new ones.  This means that any ce_flags for
those cache entries are essentially cleared when merging.

Unfortunately, if a file was marked as skip_worktree and it needs a
file-level merge but the merge results in the same version of the file
that was found in HEAD, we skip updating the worktree (because the
file was unchanged) but clear the skip_worktree bit (because of the
delete-cache-entry-and-write-new-one).  This makes git treat the file
as having a local change in the working copy, namely a delete, when it
should appear as unchanged despite not being present.  Avoid this
problem by copying the skip_worktree flag in this case.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index f110e1c5ecbd6254b25785ecb49f29cb7bb75ed2..58f64ff15e355dab7a3d46300b4f50828eafa438 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -3043,10 +3043,26 @@ static int merge_content(struct merge_options *o,
        if (mfi.clean &&
            was_tracked_and_matches(o, path, &mfi.oid, mfi.mode) &&
            !df_conflict_remains) {
+               int pos;
+               struct cache_entry *ce;
+
                output(o, 3, _("Skipped %s (merged same as existing)"), path);
                if (add_cacheinfo(o, mfi.mode, &mfi.oid, path,
                                  0, (!o->call_depth && !is_dirty), 0))
                        return -1;
+               /*
+                * However, add_cacheinfo() will delete the old cache entry
+                * and add a new one.  We need to copy over any skip_worktree
+                * flag to avoid making the file appear as if it were
+                * deleted by the user.
+                */
+               pos = index_name_pos(&o->orig_index, path, strlen(path));
+               ce = o->orig_index.cache[pos];
+               if (ce_skip_worktree(ce)) {
+                       pos = index_name_pos(&the_index, path, strlen(path));
+                       ce = the_index.cache[pos];
+                       ce->ce_flags |= CE_SKIP_WORKTREE;
+               }
                return mfi.clean;
        }
 

diff --git a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
index 45ddd81bfac1d64338f229d50a904c81386aeec6..0db166152ab9eafee7a34421c1100029bda485eb 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
+++ b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --amend -s places the sign-off at the right place' '
        test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'cherry-pick preserves sparse-checkout' '
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick preserves sparse-checkout' '
        pristine_detach initial &&
        test_config core.sparseCheckout true &&
        test_when_finished "